creole

See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹi.əʊl/

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• (US) enPR: krēʹōl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹioʊl/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -iːəʊl, (US) -ioʊl

creole (plural creoles)

1. (linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
   • 1818, The Methodist Magazine, page 317:

     There are three orders of people: those who were alive when the French possessed the island: they understand the good French; those who were born in the heat of the Revolution, and who have arrived at maturity without instruction, these speak only Creole […]

   • 1966, Beryl Loftman Bailey, Jamaican Creole Syntax‎^[1], page 144:

     From the point of view of syntactic analysis, I have shown how transformational theory may be applied to the syntax of a Creole language.

2. (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”).
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:

     Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.

3. (jewelry) A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.

• Haitian Creole – English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary – the Rosetta Edition.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.o.le/

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• Rhymes: -ɛole
• Hyphenation: crè‧o‧le

creole f

1. feminine plural of creolo

• Ercole, celerò, colere, ercole