creole

cre·ole

adjective \ˈkrē-ˌōl\

Definition of CREOLE

1

often capitalized : of or relating to Creoles or their language

2

often capitalized : relating to or being highly seasoned food typically prepared with rice, okra, tomatoes, and peppers <shrimp creole>

First Known Use of CREOLE

1737

Other Language Terms

cognate, collocation, homonym

Rhymes with CREOLE

airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, control, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole

Cre·ole

noun \ˈkrē-ˌōl\

Definition of CREOLE

1

: a person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America

2

: a white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers of the United States Gulf states and preserving their speech and culture

3

: a person of mixed French or Spanish and black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish

4

a : a language evolved from pidginized French that is spoken by blacks in southern Louisiana

b : haitian

c not capitalized : a language that has evolved from a pidgin but serves as the native language of a speech community

Examples of CREOLE

1. Some people in Louisiana speak Creole.

Origin of CREOLE

French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies

First Known Use: 1737

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with CREOLE

airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, control, creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole

creole

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Any pidgin language that has become established as the native language of a speech community. A creole usually arises when speakers of one language become economically or politically dominant over speakers of another. A simplified or modified form of the dominant group's language (pidgin), used for communication between the two groups, may eventually become the native language of the less-powerful community. Examples include Gullah (derived from English), spoken in the Sea Islands of the southeastern U.S.; Haitian Creole (derived from French), spoken in Haiti; and Papiamentu (derived from Spanish and Portuguese), spoken in Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire.