Overview of noun creole

The noun creole has 3 senses

• Creole -- (a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America)


• Creole -- (a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana))


• creole -- (a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages)

Overview of adj creole

The adj creole has 2 senses

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


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