decreolize

[ dee-kree-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object),de·cre·o·lized, de·cre·o·liz·ing.Linguistics.
  1. to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.

Origin of decreolize

1
  • Also especially British, de·cre·o·lise .

Other words from decreolize

  • de·cre·o·li·za·tion, noun

Words Nearby decreolize

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