Creole

Cre·ole  (krl)

n.

1. A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America.

2.

a. A person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana.

b. The French dialect spoken by these people.

3. A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States.

4. often creole A person of mixed Black and European ancestry who speaks a creolized language, especially one based on French or Spanish.

5. A Black slave born in the Americas as opposed to one brought from Africa.

6. creole A creolized language.

7. Haitian Creole.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Creoles.

2. creole Cooked with a spicy sauce containing tomatoes, onions, and peppers: shrimp creole; creole cuisine.

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[French créole, from Spanish criollo, person native to a locality, from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria, person raised in the house, especially a servant, from criar, to bring up, from Latin crere, to beget; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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creole

Noun

a language developed from a mixture of different languages which has become the main language of a place

Adjective

of or relating to a creole [Spanish]

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Creole

Noun

1. (in the West Indies and Latin America) a native-born person of mixed European and African descent

2. (in the Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French descent

3. the French creole spoken in the Gulf States

Adjective

of or relating to any of these peoples: Creole cooking

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Creole - a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
	2.	Creole - a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
	3.	creole - a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Haitian Creole - a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages
Adj.	1.	Creole - of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both; "Creole grammars"
	2.	Creole - of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking"