how to pronounce créole

/kʁe.ɔl/

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créole is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of créole

noun:

Creole language.
Someone of mixed African, French, Spanish, and Native American ancestries.
A native-born of Latin descent in the Louisiana territory of any race or ethnicity, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
Creole:.
Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by white Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
Creole.
A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.

créole frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word créole occurs in french on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.