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Creole
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- 1 Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.
- 2 That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
- 3 Designating a creolized language.
- 4 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.
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana wordnet
- 2 of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both wordnet
- 1 Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
"She grew up speaking Creole."
- 1 A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
"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[…]"
- 2 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."
- 3 a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages wordnet
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”). alt-of, historical
"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."
- 5 Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
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- 6 a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) wordnet
- 7 A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
- 8 Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
- 9 a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America wordnet
- 10 A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
Etymology
See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.
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 (“I create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
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 (“I create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
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 (“I create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.
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