Etymology tree
Portuguese crioulobor.
Spanish criollo
French créolebor.
English Creole
Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
Meanings
Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.
(of a person) That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
Designating a creolized language.
Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences.
Etymology tree
Portuguese crioulobor.
Spanish criollo
French créolebor.
English Creole
Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
Meanings
A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
Within the Spanish society, a great difference evolved between the Insular Spaniards, sent over for different periods of time from Spain, to serve as officials, etc., and the "native" Spaniards, the Creoles. 1969, Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt, The Political Systems of Empires, page 76:
Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
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hu kreol (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · fi kreoli (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · he קריאולי (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · tr kreol (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · fr Créole (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · ru крео́лка (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · ko 크리올 (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · cmn 克里奧爾人 /克里奥尔人 (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · cmn 克里奧人 (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · pl Kreolka (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · ja クレオール (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · de Kreolin (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · nl creool (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · hy կրեոլ (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · de Kreole (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · it creolo (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · ru крео́л (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country) · pl Kreol (descendant of settlers born in a colonial country)
Etymology tree
Portuguese crioulobor.
Spanish criollo
French créolebor.
English Creole
Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
Meanings
Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
She grew up speaking Creole.
Along with French, Creole is one of Haiti's official languages.
His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless. 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., →ISBN, page 25: