creole

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• UK: /ˈkɹiːəʊl/
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• UK: /ˈkɹeɪəʊl/
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• US: krēʹōl
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• US: /ˈkɹiˌoʊl/
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• US: /ˈkɹeɪˌoʊl/
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• rhymes with (General American) -ioʊl
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• rhymes with (GA) -eɪoʊl
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -iːəʊl
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• rhymes with (RP) -eɪəʊl
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• UK: /ˈkɹi.əʊl/
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• US: /ˈkɹioʊl/
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• rhymes with (UK) -iːəʊl
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• CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 OW0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole Variously from French créole, from its source, Spanish criollo, and from its source, Portuguese crioulo, itself probably a diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creō (“to create, make, produce”). Doublet of Criollo, Crioulo, and Krio.

Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Antillean Creole: kréyol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Antillean Creole: kwéyol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Armenian: կրեոլ (kreol) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Armenian: կրեոլյան լեզու (kreolyan lezu) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Armenian: կրեոլ լեզու (kreol lezu) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Asturian: llingua criolla — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Basque: kreolera — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Belarusian: крэо́л (kreól) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Belarusian: крэо́льская мо́ва (kreólʹskaja móva) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Bulgarian: крео́л (kreól) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Bulgarian: крео́лски ези́к (kreólski ezík) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Catalan: crioll — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Catalan: llengua criolla — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Cherokee: ᏟᏲᎵ (tliyoli) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Chinese Mandarin: 克里奧爾語 /克里奥尔语 (kèlǐ'ào'ěryǔ) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Czech: kreolština — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Danish: kreolsprog — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Dutch: creools — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Esperanto: kreolo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Esperanto: kreola lingvo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Estonian: kreoolkeel — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Finnish: kreoli — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Finnish: kreolikieli — lect descended from a pidgin language
• French: créole — lect descended from a pidgin language
• French: langue créole — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Galician: lingua crioula — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Georgian: კრეოლური ენა (ḳreoluri ena) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• German: Kreolsprache — lect descended from a pidgin language
• German: Kreol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Greek: μιγάς (migás) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Greek: μιγάδα (migáda) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Greek: κρεολή γλώσσα (kreolí glóssa) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Guianese Creole: kriyòl — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Haitian Creole: kreyòl — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Haitian Creole: lang kreyòl — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Hebrew: שפה קריאולית — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Hindi: क्रियोल भाषा (kriyol bhāṣā) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Hungarian: kreol nyelv — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Icelandic: kreólamál — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Ido: kreola linguo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Indonesian: bahasa kreol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Interlingua: lingua creol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Irish: fásteanga — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Italian: creolo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Italian: lingua creola — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Japanese: クレオール (kureōru) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Japanese: クリオール (kuriōru) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Japanese: クレオール言語 — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Korean: 크리올 (keuriol) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Krio: krio — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Limburgish: creooltaol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Lithuanian: kreòlinė kalbà — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Low German: Kreoolspraak — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Macedonian: кре́ол (kréol) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Mauritian Creole: kreol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Mauritian Creole: lang kreol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Norwegian: kreolspråk — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Occitan: creòl — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Papiamentu: idioma krioyo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Persian: کریول — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Pijin: pijin — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Polish: język kreolski — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Portuguese: crioulo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Portuguese: língua crioula — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Romanian: limbă creolă — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Russian: крео́л (kreól) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Russian: крео́льский язы́к (kreólʹskij jazýk) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Russian: креолизо́ванный язы́к (kreolizóvannyj jazýk) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Sardinian: limba crèola — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Serbo-Croatian: kreolski jezik — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Serbo-Croatian: креолски језик — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Slovene: kreolščina — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Lower Sorbian: kreolska rěc — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Upper Sorbian: kreolska rěč — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Spanish: criollo — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Spanish: lengua criolla — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Swahili: krioli — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Swedish: kreolspråk — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Tamil: கிரியோல் மொழி (kiriyōl moḻi) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Thai: ภาษาครีโอล — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Tok Pisin: pisin — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Turkish: kreol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Ukrainian: крео́л (kreól) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Ukrainian: крео́льська мо́ва (kreólʹsʹka móva) — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Welsh: iaith greol — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Welsh: creoliaith — lect descended from a pidgin language
• Armenian: կրեոլ (kreol) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Chinese Mandarin: 克里奧人 (kèlǐ'àorén) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Chinese Mandarin: 克里奧爾人 /克里奥尔人 (kè lǐ'ào'ěrrén) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Dutch: creool — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Finnish: kreoli — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• French: Créole — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• German: Kreole — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• German: Kreolin — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Hebrew: קריאולי (kreóli) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Hungarian: kreol — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Italian: creolo — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Japanese: クレオール (kureōru) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Korean: 크리올 (keuriol) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Polish: Kreol — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Polish: Kreolka — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Russian: крео́л (kreól) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Russian: крео́лка (kreólka) — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country
• Turkish: kreol — descendant of settlers born in a colonial country