creool

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Creool (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo, but subsequently influenced by French créole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreːˈoːl/

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• Hyphenation: cre‧ool
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

creool m (plural creolen, diminutive creooltje n)

1. In present-day Suriname and various parts of South and Central America, any descendant of African slaves.
2. A Creole, a member of a (Latin) American ethno-cultural group of colonial Iberian blood.
3. (uncommon) A creole language.
   • 2006, Kasper Juffermans, "I love English: Engels en geletterdheid in twee opsteloefeningen in een lagere school in ruraal Gambia, West-Afrika", Tom Koole, Jacomine Nortier & Bert Tahitu (eds.), Artikelen van de Vijfde sociolinguïstische conferentie, Eburon (publ.), page 281.

     In tegenstelling tot andere West Afrikaanse landen als Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria en Kameroen, functioneert Engels of een Engels-gebaseerd pidgin of creool niet als lingua franca tussen mensen van verschillende etnische groepen.

     Unlike the situation in other West African countries such as Sierra Lene, Liberia, Nigeria and Cameroon, English or an English-based pidgin or creole does not function as a lingua franca between people of different ethnic groups.

   Synonym: creooltaal

Derived terms

• boslandcreool
• creoliseren
• creools
• creooltaal
• stadscreool

Descendants

• Negerhollands: creol