petit nègre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From petit (“little”, adjective) +‎ nègre (“nigger”, noun).

Noun

petit nègre m (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) a pidgin language that West African soldiers historically used to communicate with the occupying French army.
  2. (derogatory, by extension) any other language incompetently spoken.

Adjective

petit nègre m sg (defective)

  1. (derogatory, of language) ineptly articulated; broken.
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