1. the process of creating or developing a pidgin language through contact between speakers of different languages
Usage: linguistics; present participle of pidginize

Examples

• The trading communities were pidginizing their languages to facilitate commerce.
• Linguists studied the pidginizing process in the port cities.
• The pidginizing of English and Chinese created a new communication system.
• Workers were pidginizing their native tongues to work together.
• The pidginizing effect was most noticeable in maritime trade routes.
• Researchers documented the pidginizing patterns in colonial settlements.