n[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;Origin: créole, from
Spanish, from
Portuguese crioulo
'black person born in Brazil, home-born slave', from criar
'to breed', from
Latin creare;
CREATE]
[U and C]a language that is a combination of a European language with one or more other languages
→
pidginCreole[C]a) someone whose family was originally from both Europe and Africa
b) someone whose family were originally French
settlers in the southern US
[U]food prepared in the spicy strong-tasting style of the southern US
shrimp creole>creoleadj