decreolize
[ dee-kree-uh-lahyz ]
/ diˈkri əˌlaɪz /
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.
Nearby words
- decree-law,
- decreet,
- decrement,
- decremental,
- decremeter,
- decrepit,
- decrepitate,
- decrepitude,
- decresc.,
- decrescendo
Also especially British, de·cre·o·lise.
Origin of decreolize
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