Creole
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
"Creole cooking"
(2) Of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both
"Creole grammars"
noun
(3) A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
(4) A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
(5) A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
WiktionaryText
Etymology
An adaptation of the Castilian < , diminutive of < < , which came into English via between 1595 and 1605.
Noun
- A dialect formed from two languages which has developed from an artificial pidgin to become a first language.