Creole
noun /ˈkriːəʊl/
/ˈkriːəʊl/
(also creole)
- [countable] a person of mixed European and African race, especially one who lives in the West Indies
- [countable] a person whose ancestors were among the first Europeans who settled in the West Indies or South America, or one of the French or Spanish people who settled in the southern states of the US
- Creole cookery
- [uncountable, countable] a language formed when a mixture of a European language with a local language (especially an African language spoken by slaves in the West Indies) is spoken as a first language
- Most of the population speak a creole with a French-derived vocabulary.
- The two girls were speaking Creole.
Word Originfrom French créole, criole, from Spanish criollo, probably from Portuguese crioulo ‘black person born in Brazil’, from criar ‘to breed’, from Latin creare ‘produce, create’.