pidgin

Universal Words noun [U] 1 a simple form of a language, especially English, Portuguese or Dutch, with a limited number of words, that are used together with words from a local language. It is used when people who do not speak the same language need to talk to each other. 2 (Pidgin) = TOKPISIN 3 ~ English, French, Japanese, etc. a way of speaking a language that uses simple words and forms, used when a person does not speak the language well, or when he or she is talking to sb who does not speak the language well: I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian.