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1. A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

1. A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
    
2. A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)

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"

Derived forms: creoles, Creoles

See also: creolize

Type of: American, natural language, tongue

Encyclopedia: Creole