decreolize
[ dee-kree-uh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object),de·cre·o·lized, de·cre·o·liz·ing.Linguistics.
to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
Origin of decreolize
1- Also especially British, de·cre·o·lise .
Other words from decreolize
- de·cre·o·li·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby decreolize
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