verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.
2. 2
   develop into a creole wordnet
3. 3
   To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.

Etymology

From creole + -ize.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.