creolize

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/ˈkɹiːəlaɪz/

verb

To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.

OriginEnglish creole ← French créole ← Spanish criollo →
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Meanings

verbcreolize (third-person singular simple present creolizes, present participle creolizing, simple past and past participle creolized)

present singular third person creolizes · participle present creolizing · participle past creolized · past creolized · alternative creolise

  1. human sciencesTo cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.
  2. To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.

Origin

  1. Portuguesecrioulo
  2. Spanishcriollo
  3. Frenchcréole
  4. EnglishCreole
  5. Englishcreole
  6. Englishcreolize

From creole + -ize.

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Translations

French créoliser
  • créoliserto cause a pidgin language to become a creole
Portuguese crioulizar
  • crioulizarto cause a pidgin language to become a creole
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APA

creolize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creolize

MLA

“creolize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creolize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “creolize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creolize.

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