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creole
has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States especially Louisiana
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[ noun ] a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America
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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
Examples "Creole cooking" |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both
Examples "Creole grammars" |
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
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