Creole
noun [C or U] (LANGUAGE) /kriˈəʊl/
/-ˈoʊl/ Definition
› an American or Caribbean language that is a combination of a European language and another language and is a main language in parts of the southern US and the CaribbeanForms of languages and specialist dialects Creole adjective › I love Creole cooking, so hot and spicy.People of specific racial or ethnic background
(Definition of Creole noun (LANGUAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -speak suffix
- argot noun
- cant noun
- colloquialism noun
- dead language noun
- jargon noun
- lingo noun
- middle adjective
- newspeak noun
- non-standard adjective (LANGUAGE)
- officialese noun
- old adjective (LANGUAGE)
- oral adjective (SPOKEN)
- original noun
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