créole

See also: creole, Creole, and Créole

French

Etymology

An adaptation of the Castilian Spanish criollo (“homey, local yokel”), from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from Portuguese criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creo (“to create”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁe.ɔl/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔl
Homophone: créoles

Noun

créole m or f (plural créoles)

Creole

Noun

créole m (plural créoles)

(linguistics) creole language

Further reading

“créole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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