creole

1. 1.

   a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America

   BroaderAmerican
2. 2.

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

   BroaderAmerican
3. 3.

   a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

   Broadernatural language

   NarrowerHaitian Creole

1. 1.

   of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both

   “Creole grammars”
2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana

   “Creole cooking”

Other forms of creole

plural

creoles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about creole

What does creole mean?

creole means "a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in creole?

creole has 2 syllables: creo-le. The stress falls on "creo". In IPA it is /ˈkɹioʊl/.

Is creole a common word?

creole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.