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- [kree-ohl]
- /ˈkri oʊl/
- /kriˈəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kree-ohl]
- /ˈkri oʊl/
Definitions of creole word
- variable noun creole A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place. 3
- countable noun creole A Creole is a person of mixed African and European race, who lives in the West Indies and speaks a creole language. 3
- countable noun creole A Creole is a person descended from the Europeans who first settled in the West Indies or the southern United States of America. 3
- adjective creole Creole means belonging to or relating to the Creole community. 3
- noun creole a language that has its origin in extended contact between two language communities, one of which is generally European. It incorporates features from each and constitutes the mother tongue of a community 3
- adjective creole denoting, relating to, or characteristic of creole 3
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Origin of creole
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < French < Spanish criollo < Portuguese crioulo native, derivative of criar to bring up < Latin creāre; see create
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Parts of speech for Creole
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
creole popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
creole usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for creole
noun creole
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- language universal — a trait or property of language that exists, or has the potential to exist, in all languages.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- linguistic universal — language universal.
- pidgin — an auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate and that is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerable variation in pronunciation.
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See also
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