- creole person
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English-Mandinka dictionary. 2009.
creole person
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Creole music — applies to two genres of music from south Louisiana: Creole folk and Creole. Creole folk dates from the 18th century or before, and it consists primarily of folk songs. Many were published, and some found their way into works by Louisiana… … Wikipedia
Creole — [krē′ōl΄] n. [Fr créole < Sp criollo < Port crioulo, native to the region, born at home < criar, to rear, nourish < L creare,CREATE] 1. a person of European parentage born in the West Indies, Central America, tropical South America,… … English World dictionary
creole — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. créole (17c.), from Sp. criollo person native to a locality, from Port. crioulo, dim. of cria person (especially a servant) raised in one s house, from criar to raise or bring up, from L. creare to produce, create (see… … Etymology dictionary
Creole — Cre ole (kr? ?l), n. [F. cr?ole, Sp. criollo, from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp. criadillo, dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create. Cf. {Create}.] One born of European parents … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Creole — ► NOUN 1) a person of mixed European and black descent. 2) a descendant of European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America. 3) a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana. 4) a mother tongue formed from the contact of a… … English terms dictionary
Creole — /kree ohl/, n. 1. a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry. 2. a person born in Louisiana but of usually French ancestry. 3. (sometimes l.c.) a person of mixed black and European, esp. French… … Universalium
Creole peoples — This article is about the peoples. For the languages, see Creole languages. For other meanings, see Creole (disambiguation). The term Creole and its cognates in other languages such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol,… … Wikipedia
creole — [[t]kri͟ːoʊl[/t]] creoles also Creole 1) N VAR A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place. She begins speaking in the Creole of Haiti. ...French Creole.… … English dictionary
creole languages — ▪ linguistics Introduction vernacular languages that developed in colonial European plantation settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of contact between groups that spoke mutually unintelligible languages. Creole languages… … Universalium
creole — cre|ole [ˈkri:əul US oul] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: créole, from Spanish, from Portuguese crioulo black person born in Brazil, home born slave , from criar to breed , from Latin creare; CREATE] 1.) [U and C] a language that is a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Creole — [ kri:əʊl] noun 1》 a person of mixed European and black descent. 2》 a descendant of European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America. ↘a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana. 3》 a mother tongue formed from the… … English new terms dictionary
