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”)