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Creole
[kree-ohl]
noun
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
a person born in Louisiana but of usually French ancestry.
Sometimes creole a person of mixed Black and European, especially French or Spanish, ancestry who speaks a creolized form of French or Spanish.
Usually creole creole language.
the creolized French language of the descendants of the original settlers of Louisiana.
Archaic.Usually creole a Black person born in the Americas, as distinguished from one brought there from Africa.
adjective
Sometimes creole relating to or characteristic of a Creole or Creoles.
Cooking.Usually creole indicating a spicy sauce or dish, especially one made with tomatoes, peppers, onions, celery, and seasonings, and often served with rice.
Sometimes creole bred or growing in a country, but of foreign origin, as an animal or plant.
Creole
1/ ˈːəʊ /
noun
(sometimes not capital)
a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry
a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole
a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa
(in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry
the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of any of these peoples
creole
2/ ˈːəʊ /
noun
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
denoting, relating to, or characteristic of creole
(of a sauce or dish) containing or cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc
Other Word Forms
- half-Creole adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Creole1
Example Sentences
Kid Creole said he was "looking forward" to bringing "three stunning Coconuts and the baddest band in the land" to Hylands Park.
The former schoolteacher's books focus heavily on the country's Creole/English dialect that weaves in many African words from Antiguans' ancestors.
she did not realise until years later was that the Creole word came directly from the English word "hurry up".
Creole Green, the boy’s mother, could not be immediately reached for comment.
The Seychellois are delighted by the "Old Creole", which includes more French words, she remembers from childhood.
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