different between creole vs english

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”)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

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

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle