anticreole

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adjective

Opposing the use of a creole.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveanticreole (comparative more anticreole, superlative most anticreole)

comparative more anticreole · superlative most anticreole

  1. Opposing the use of a creole.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Portuguesecrioulo
  8. Spanishcriollo
  9. Frenchcréole
  10. EnglishCreole
  11. Englishcreole
  12. Englishanticreole

From anti- + creole.

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Translations

Portuguese anticrioulo
  • anticriouloopposing the use of a creole

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APA

anticreole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticreole

MLA

“anticreole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticreole. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticreole,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticreole.

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