A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place.
She begins speaking in the Creole of Haiti.
...French Creole.
2. countable noun
A Creole is a person of mixed African and European race, who lives in the West Indies and speaks a creole language.
3. countable noun
A Creole is a person descended from the Europeans who first settled in the West Indies or the southern United States of America.
4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Creole means belonging to or relating to the Creole community.
Coconut Rice Balls is a Creole dish.
...Creole culture.
creole in British English
(ˈkriːəʊl)
noun
1.
a language that has its origin in extended contact between two language communities, one of which is generally European. It incorporates features from each and constitutes the mother tongue of a community
Compare pidgin
adjective
2.
denoting, relating to, or characteristic of creole
3.
(of a sauce or dish) containing or cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc
Word origin
C17: via French and Spanish probably from Portuguese crioulo slave born in one's household, person of European ancestry born in the colonies,probably from criar to bring up, from Latin creāre to create
Creole in British English
(ˈkriːəʊl)
noun also called: Creolian (kriːˈəʊlɪən)
1. (sometimes not capital)(in the Caribbean and Latin America)
a.
a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry
b.
a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole
c.
a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa
2.
(in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry
3.
the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans
adjective
4.
of, relating to, or characteristic of any of these peoples
Creole in American English
(ˈkriˌoʊl)
noun
1.
a person of European parentage born in the West Indies, Central America, tropical South America, or the Gulf States
2.
a descendant of such persons
; specif.,
a. US
a person descended from the original French settlers of Louisiana, esp. of the New Orleans area
b. US
a person descended from the original Spanish settlers in the Gulf States, esp. Texas
c. US
a person of mixed Creole and black descent
3.
French as spoken by Creoles, esp. in the New Orleans area
see also Cajun
4. US, Loosely
anyone from Louisiana
5. [c-]
the form of language (e.g., Gullah) that develops when speakers of mutually unintelligible languages remain in persistent and long-lasting contact with each other, with one of the contributing languages typically dominant
adjective
6.
of or characteristic of the Creoles
7.
designating or of the languages of the Creoles
8. US; [usuallyc-]
prepared with sautéed tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc. and spices
creole sauce
Word origin
Fr créole < Sp criollo < Port crioulo, native to the region, born at home < criar, to rear, nourish < L creare, create
Examples of 'creole' in a sentence
creole
Heavy creole earrings swung from her ears, and her dark eyes were as bright and beautiful as before.
Holt, Victoria THE BLACK OPAL
The next owner, a department-store magnate named Greel, in his late sixties, acquired a mistress, allegedly of French Creole descent.
Greg Bear DEAD LINES (2004)
Word lists with
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In other languages
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British English: creole NOUN
A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place.
Her statements were aired in creole via various local radio stations.