creool — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Creole noun A language that develops naturally from the mixing of two or more languages, typically becoming the native tongue of a community.
Senses
creool is used for these senses in English:
- Creole A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country. [from 17th c.]
Creole — full definition
- noun A language that develops naturally from the mixing of two or more languages, typically becoming the native tongue of a community.
- noun A person of mixed European and other ancestry born in a formerly colonised region, or (in Louisiana) a person of French or Spanish descent born there.
- adj Relating to a cooking style that blends French, African, Spanish, and Caribbean influences, especially from Louisiana.