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See also:Creole,créole,andCréole

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Etymology

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SeeCreole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.[1]

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Noun

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creole (pluralcreoles)

  1. (linguistics) Alanguage formed from two or more languages which has developed from apidgin to become afirst language.
    • 1818,The Methodist Magazine, page317:
      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 onlyCreole[…]
    • 1966, Beryl Loftman Bailey,Jamaican Creole Syntax‎[1], page144:
      From the point of view of syntactic analysis, I have shown how transformational theory may be applied to the syntax of aCreole language.
  2. (historical)Alternativeletter-case form ofCreole(“person born in a colony”)
    • 1992, Edwin Williamson,The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books,→ISBN,page131:
      Some of the great merchants in the Indies werecreoles, but the majority werepeninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.
  3. (jewelry) A style ofhoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.

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Translations

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lect descended from a pidgin language

References

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  1. ^“Creole,n. and adj.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2013.

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Adjective

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creole f

  1. feminineplural ofcreolo

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