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créole

/kʁe.ɔl/

noun, masculine/feminine/kʁe.ɔl/plural: créoles

Creole

An adaptation of the Castilian Spanish criollo (“homey, local yokel”), from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from Portuguese criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create”)

noun, masculine/kʁe.ɔl/plural: créoles

creole language

Related: créole haïtien, créole jamaïcain, créole mauricien

An adaptation of the Castilian Spanish criollo (“homey, local yokel”), from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from Portuguese criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create”)