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creole
/ˈkɹioʊl/
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What does creole mean?
noun
- A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
- A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
- A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
More meanings (9)
noun
- Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
- Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
- A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”).
adjective
- Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.
- That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
- Designating a creolized language.
- Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences.
proper noun
- Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɹioʊl/
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The excessive physical charm of the Creole had first attracted her, for Edna had a sensuous susceptibility to beauty.
Her gross extravagance and her love of luxury may also have been due to her Creole blood.
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It had been agreed that, in their escape, she was to personate the character of a Creole lady, and Emmeline that of her servant.
Fournaye, who is of Creole origin, is of an extremely excitable nature, and has suffered in the past from attacks of jealousy which have amounted to frenzy.
The familiar loquacity of the Creole blacks formed a striking contrast with the taciturn gravity of the Indians, who had constantly accompanied us in the missions of Caripe.