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Creole

Syllabification: (Cre·ole)
Pronunciation: /ˈkrēˌōl/

(also creole)
Definition of Creole

noun

  • 1a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.
  • a descendant of Spanish or other European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America.
  • a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana and other parts of the southern US.
  • 2a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage:a Portuguese-based Creole

adjective

  • of or relating to a Creole or Creoles.

Origin:

from French créole, criole, from Spanish criollo, probably from Portuguese crioulo 'black person born in Brazil, home-born slave', from criar 'to breed', from Latin creare 'produce, create'

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