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creolization

/ˌkɹiː.əʊ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

creolization noun: the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.

Noun

creolization (countable and uncountable, plural creolizations)

  1. the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
  2. (Trinidad-and-Tobago) of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.

Forms of creolization

pluralcreolizations
alternative formcreolisation

Origin of creolization

From creole + -ization.

Words formed from creolization

Questions about creolization

What does creolization mean?
Creolization means the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
What part of speech is creolization?
Creolization is a noun.
How do you pronounce creolization?
Creolization is pronounced /ˌkɹiː.əʊ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of creolization?
The plural of creolization is creolizations.

Words near creolization in the dictionary

  1. creolist
  2. creolistic
  3. creolistics
  4. creolists
  5. creolity
  6. creolization
  7. creolizations
  8. creolize
  9. creolized
  10. creolizes
  11. creolizing

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