different between creole vs decreolize

English

Etymology

See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?i.??l/
• (US) enPR: kr???l, IPA^(key): /?k?io?l/

Noun

creole (plural creoles)

1. (linguistics) A lect formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”)

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References

Further reading

• Haitian Creole – English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary – the Rosetta Edition.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kr??ole/
• Rhymes: -??ole

Adjective

creole f

1. feminine plural of creolo

Anagrams

• celerò
• ercole, Ercole

English

Etymology

de- +? creolize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??k???la?z/

Verb

decreolize (third-person singular simple present decreolizes, present participle decreolizing, simple past and past participle decreolized)

1. (linguistics) To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard language forms.