Papiamento

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proper noun

A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Papiamentu

  1. A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

Origin

  1. PapiamentuPapiamento
  2. EnglishPapiamento

From Papiamentu Papiamento. Compare Portuguese papeamento (“chatter”). This spelling is used in Aruba, while the spelling Papiamentu is used in Bonaire and Curaçao.

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Translations

Catalan papiament
  • papiamentlanguage
Dutch Papiaments
  • Papiamentslanguage
Esperanto Papiamento
  • Papiamentolanguage
Finnish papiamento
  • papiamentolanguage
French papiamento
  • papiamentolanguage
Italian papiamento
  • papiamentolanguage
Japanese パピアメント語
  • パピアメント語 (papiamentogo)language
Portuguese papeamento, papiamento
  • papeamentolanguage
  • papiamentolanguage
Russian папьяменто
  • папьяменто (papʹjamento)language
Spanish papiamento
  • papiamentolanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Papiamento. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papiamento

MLA

“Papiamento.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papiamento. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Papiamento,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Papiamento.

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