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Creole

['kri:əul] n 		stresses
gen. креол; креолка; относящийся к креолам или креольскому диалекту
amer. тяжёлая рабочая обувь
ling. креольский язык; креолизированный язык
Creole ['kri:əul] adj.
gen. креольский
creole ['kri:əul] adj.
gen. туземный (Andrew Goff); относящийся к креолам; под креольским соусом
leath. тяжёлая рабочая обувь с боковыми резинками
 English thesaurus
Creole ['kri:əul] n
lit. A native language, which merges together the traits of several languages, i.e. an advanced and fully formed pidgin. In the American South, black slaves were taken from a variety of African tribes sharing no language. Thus, on the plantation they developed first a pidgin limited and simplified version of English with heavy Portuguese and African influences. This pidgin allowed slaves some rudimentary communication with each other and with their slave masters. In time, they lost their original African languages and the mixed speech became the native tongue of their children, a Creole.
Creole
: 18 phrases in 6 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Cooking4
General9
Ichthyology2
Linguistics1
Music1

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