creolized

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krēə līzd′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cre•o•lized  (krēə līzd′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Linguistics(of a language) formerly a pidgin but now the native language of a group of speakers, with consequent enrichment of the vocabulary by borrowing and creation.
  • creolize + -ed2 1875–80

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