Dictionary

creole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹioʊl/ (US)
• krēʹōl (US)
• /ˈkɹi.əʊl/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.

Meanings

1. A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
   • To communicate, they evolve a creole called Belter, which becomes the lingua franca for what is essentially the solar system’s new proletariat. […] There is a simple, regular grammar that is typical of creoles. 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
   • From the point of view of syntactic analysis, I have shown how transformational theory may be applied to the syntax of a Creole language. 1966, Beryl Loftman Bailey, Jamaican Creole Syntax, page 144:
   • There are three orders of people: those who were alive when the French possessed the island: they understand the good French; those who were born in the heat of the Revolution, and who have arrived at maturity without instruction, these speak only Creole[…] 1818, The Methodist Magazine, page 317:
2. (alt-of, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”).
   alt of Creole
   • Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies. 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:
3. A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.

Forms

Deriveds

creologenic · creolisation · creolist · creolize · anticreole · decreolize · creolization · creolistics · creolise · creolistic · creolism · postcreole · recreolization · noncreole · creology · decreolization · post-creole continuum · recreolize · creoloid

Hypernyms

language

Hyponyms

Antillean Creole · Haitian Creole · Antigua and Barbuda Creole English · Louisiana Creole · Antiguan and Barbudan Creole · Jamaican Creole · Seychellois Creole · Leeward Caribbean English Creole · Torres Strait Creole · Leeward Caribbean Creole English · Roper River creole · Cape Verdean Creole · Mauritian Creole

Relateds

Pitcairnese · :Category:en:Languages · Jamaican Creole · Manglish · Zamboanga Chavacano · Louisiana Creole · Mauritian Creole · Tok Pisin · Cape Verdean Creole · Singlish · Haitian Creole · Torres Strait Creole · Antillean Creole · Yumpla Tok

Synonyms

creole

Translations (86)

tpi pisin (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ia lingua creol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ka კრეოლური ენა (lect descended from a pidgin language) · no kreolspråk (lect descended from a pidgin language) · dsb kreolska rěc (lect descended from a pidgin language) · de Kreol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · fi kreoli (lect descended from a pidgin language) · gcf kwéyol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · pt língua crioula (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ca crioll (lect descended from a pidgin language) · pl język kreolski (lect descended from a pidgin language) · chr ᏟᏲᎵ (lect descended from a pidgin language) · mk кре́ол (lect descended from a pidgin language) · cs kreolština (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sl kreolščina (lect descended from a pidgin language) · fa کریول (lect descended from a pidgin language) · cmn 克里奧爾語 /克里奥尔语 (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ru крео́льский язы́к (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hy կրեոլյան լեզու (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sv kreolspråk (lect descended from a pidgin language) · el μιγάς (lect descended from a pidgin language) · gcr kriyòl (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hsb kreolska rěč (lect descended from a pidgin language) · nds-de Kreoolspraak (lect descended from a pidgin language) · lt kreòlinė kalbà (lect descended from a pidgin language) · el κρεολή γλώσσα (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ta கிரியோல் மொழி (lect descended from a pidgin language) · gl lingua crioula (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ht lang kreyòl (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ca llengua criolla (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ja クレオール言語 (lect descended from a pidgin language) · eo kreola lingvo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ja クリオール (lect descended from a pidgin language) · he שפה קריאולית (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hy կրեոլ (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sh kreolski jezik (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sh креолски језик (lect descended from a pidgin language) · et kreoolkeel (lect descended from a pidgin language) · cy creoliaith (lect descended from a pidgin language) · da kreolsprog (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hu kreol nyelv (lect descended from a pidgin language) · el μιγάδα (lect descended from a pidgin language) · li creooltaol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sc limba crèola (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ga fásteanga (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ast llingua criolla (lect descended from a pidgin language) · nl creools (lect descended from a pidgin language) · mfe lang kreol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · fr créole (lect descended from a pidgin language) · bg крео́л (lect descended from a pidgin language) · de Kreolsprache (lect descended from a pidgin language) · kri krio (lect descended from a pidgin language) · bg крео́лски ези́к (lect descended from a pidgin language) · be крэо́л (lect descended from a pidgin language) · fr langue créole (lect descended from a pidgin language) · es lengua criolla (lect descended from a pidgin language) · cy iaith greol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · pap idioma krioyo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · eu kreolera (lect descended from a pidgin language) · uk крео́льська мо́ва (lect descended from a pidgin language) · io kreola linguo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · eo kreolo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · is kreólamál (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ja クレオール (lect descended from a pidgin language) · mfe kreol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hy կրեոլ լեզու (lect descended from a pidgin language) · tr kreol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · sw krioli (lect descended from a pidgin language) · pis pijin (lect descended from a pidgin language) · gcf kréyol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · it lingua creola (lect descended from a pidgin language) · es criollo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · hi क्रियोल भाषा (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ru крео́л (lect descended from a pidgin language) · be крэо́льская мо́ва (lect descended from a pidgin language) · it creolo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ru креолизо́ванный язы́к (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ko 크리올 (lect descended from a pidgin language) · uk крео́л (lect descended from a pidgin language) · oc creòl (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ro limbă creolă (lect descended from a pidgin language) · ht kreyòl (lect descended from a pidgin language) · id bahasa kreol (lect descended from a pidgin language) · pt crioulo (lect descended from a pidgin language) · fi kreolikieli (lect descended from a pidgin language) · th ภาษาครีโอล (lect descended from a pidgin language)