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
→pidgin
Creole[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