créole

See also: creole, Creole, and Créole

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kʁe.ɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: créoles

Noun

créole m or f by sense (plural créoles)

1. Creole

Noun

créole m (plural créoles)

1. (linguistics) creole language

Derived terms

• créole haïtien
• créole jamaïcain
• créole mauricien

 

Further reading

• “créole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• colère
• éclore