Lexic.us

Definition of Creole

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both. "Creole grammars"

2. Noun. A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana. "Creole cooking"

4. Noun. A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana).

5. Noun. A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.

Definition of Creole

1. n. One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.

2. a. Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.

Definition of Creole

1. Noun. A member of a French- Native Indian-African Spanish ethnic group in Louisiana. ¹

2. Proper noun. A French-African ethnic group in Louisiana. ¹

3. Proper noun. (non-gloss definition Used as a proper noun denoting any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.) ¹

4. Noun. (context: linguistics) A dialect formed from two languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creole

1. a type of mixed language [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creole

crenels crenic acid crenocyte crenocytosis crenotherapy crenshaw crenshaws crenulate crenulated crenulation

crenulations creo creodont creodonts creola bodies creole creole-fish creoles creolian creolians

creolin creolins creolise creolised creolises creolising creolist creolistics creolists creolization

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