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 creō (“to create”)
Pronunciation
Noun
créole m or f by sense (plural créoles)
Noun
créole m (plural créoles)
- (linguistics) creole language
Derived terms
Further reading
- “créole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.