creolize

English

Alternative forms

• creolise (UK)

Etymology

From creole +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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

1. (linguistics) To 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.

Derived terms

• decreolize
• recreolize