noun, masculine/feminine/kʁe.ɔl/plural: créoles
créole is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.
Creole
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 creō (“to create”)
noun, masculine/kʁe.ɔl/plural: créoles
créole is masculine in French.
creole language
Related: créole haïtien, créole jamaïcain, créole mauricien
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 creō (“to create”)