créole
French edit
Etymology edit
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”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
créole m or f by sense (plural créoles)
Noun edit
créole m (plural créoles)
- (linguistics) creole language
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “créole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.