From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcreolecre‧ole /ˈkriːəʊl $ -oʊl/ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]SLL a language that is a combination of a European language with one or more other languages → pidgin2 → Creole3 [uncountable]DFF food prepared in the spicy strong-tasting style of the southern US shrimp creole —creole adjective
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creole• The island community Nichols studied traditionally spoke Gullah, a creole variety developed from the African/English pidgin of early slave plantations.• The thatched restaurant offers a splendid selection of international and local creole dishes.• Have you had the shrimp creole?• Some typical vocabulary words of this creole are listed in table 7. 2.CreoleCreole[countable] a) someone whose family were originally from both Europe and Africa b) someone whose family were originally French settlers in the southern US → creoleOrigin creole (1700-1800) French créole, from Spanish, from Portuguese crioulo “black person born in Brazil, home-born slave”, from criar “to breed”, from Latin creare; → CREATE 