Creole
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
a person born in Louisiana but of usually French ancestry.
Sometimes cre·ole . a person of mixed Black and European, especially French or Spanish, ancestry who speaks a creolized form of French or Spanish.
Usually cre·ole . creole language.
the creolized French language of the descendants of the original settlers of Louisiana.: Compare Cajun (def. 2).
Usually cre·ole .Archaic. a Black person born in the Americas, as distinguished from one brought there from Africa.
Sometimes cre·ole . relating to or characteristic of a Creole or Creoles.
Usually cre·ole .Cooking. indicating a spicy sauce or dish, especially one made with tomatoes, peppers, onions, celery, and seasonings, and often served with rice.
Sometimes cre·ole . bred or growing in a country, but of foreign origin, as an animal or plant.
Origin of Creole
1Other words from Creole
- half-Cre·ole, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for creole (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkriːəʊl) /
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: Compare pidgin
denoting, relating to, or characteristic of creole
(of a sauce or dish) containing or cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc
Origin of creole
1British Dictionary definitions for Creole (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkriːəʊl) /
(sometimes not capital) (in the Caribbean and Latin America)
a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry
a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole
a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa
(in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry
the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans
of, relating to, or characteristic of any of these peoples
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