petit nègre
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From petit (“little”, adjective) + nègre (“nigger”, noun).
Noun[edit]
petit nègre m (uncountable)
- (derogatory) a pidgin language that West African soldiers historically used to communicate with the occupying French army.
- (derogatory, by extension) any other language incompetently spoken.
Adjective[edit]
- (derogatory, of language) ineptly articulated; broken.