decreolize

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ creolize.

Pronunciation

Verb

decreolize (third-person singular simple present decreolizes, present participle decreolizing, simple past and past participle decreolized)

  1. (linguistics) To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard language forms.