creole
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English
Etymology
See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹi.əʊl/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: krēʹōl, IPA(key): /ˈkɹioʊl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -iːəʊl, (US) -ioʊl
Noun
creole (plural creoles)
- (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 […]
- Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”)
- a style of hoop earrings that comprise of a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape
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Derived terms
Translations
lect formed from two languages
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References
- ^ “Creole, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2013.
Further reading
- Haitian Creole – English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary – the Rosetta Edition.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
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