 creole |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States especially Louisiana | |
| Related terms: | American | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America | |
| Related terms: | American | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana | |
| Examples: | "Creole cooking" |
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| 4. | [ adjective ] of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both | |
| Examples: | "Creole grammars" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] (linguistics) a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages | |
| Related terms: | natural_language haitian_creole | |
| Similar spelling: |
Croyle Croley Crowley cruel Crowl Croll creel Creola cruelly Crowell criollo Crawley Crull crawl Crail |
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