cre ‧ ole /ˈkriːəʊl $ -oʊl/ BrE AmE 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 ↑ settler s in the southern US
3 . [uncountable] food prepared in the spicy strong-tasting style of the southern US:
shrimp creole
—creole adjective