creole
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Is creole a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.Examples: "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[…]"; "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”).Examples: "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."alt-ofhistorical
3. (jewelry) A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
adj (English)
1. (of a person) That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
2. (cooking) 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.
Definition source: Wiktionary