Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun creole

3 senses of creole

Sense 1
Creole -- (a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America)
       => American -- (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)

Sense 2
Creole -- (a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana))
       => American -- (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Sense 3
creole -- (a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages)
       => natural language, tongue -- (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)

Similarity of adj creole

2 senses of creole

Sense 1
Creole -- (of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both; "Creole grammars")

Sense 2
Creole -- (of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking")