creool
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kreːˈoːl/
noun
Definitions
- In present Suriname (former colony Dutch Guyana) and various parts of South South and Central America, any descendant of African slaves.
- A Creole, a member of a (Latin) American ethno-cultural group of colonial Iberian blood.
- (uncommon) A creole language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo (creole, slave born in the house of his master, white person born in the colonies, black person born in the colonies) derived from French créole (creole).
Origin
French
créole
Gloss
creole
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Creole English
- crioulo English
- creooltaal Dutch, Flemish
- taal Dutch, Flemish
- créole French
- criollo Spanish, Castilian
- anticrioulo Portuguese
- crioulo Portuguese
- krioyo Papiamentu
- kreyòl Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kriolu Kabuverdianu
- kreol Mauritian Creole
- kreyòl Louisiana Creole French
- kreyòl Antillean Creole
- Krio Krio