créole

An adaptation of the Castilian Spanish criollo (“homey, local yokel”), from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from Portuguese criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creo (“to create”)

• IPA^(key): /kʁe.ɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: créoles

créole m or f (plural créoles)

1. Creole

créole m (plural créoles)

1. (linguistics) creole language

• “créole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• colère
• éclore