noncreole

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noun

A language or dialect that is not a creole.

OriginEnglish creole ← French créole ← Spanish criollo →
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Meanings

nounnoncreole (plural noncreoles)

plural noncreoles

  1. A language or dialect that is not a creole.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Portuguesecrioulo
  15. Spanishcriollo
  16. Frenchcréole
  17. EnglishCreole
  18. Englishcreole
  19. Englishnoncreole

From non- + creole.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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