cre‧ole /ˈkriːəʊl $ -oʊl/ noun
[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]

1. [uncountable and countable] a language that is a combination of a European language with one or more other languages ⇒ pidgin

2. Creole [countable]
a) someone whose family were originally from both Europe and Africa
b) someone whose family were originally French settlers in the southern US

3. [uncountable] food prepared in the spicy strong-tasting style of the southern US:
shrimp creole
—creole adjective

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