creolize
verb/ˈkriːəlaɪz/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪz/
/ˈkriːəlaɪz/
(British English also creolise)
(linguistics)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they creolize | /ˈkriːəlaɪz/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪz/ /ˈkriːəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it creolizes | /ˈkriːəlaɪzɪz/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈkriːəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple creolized | /ˈkriːəlaɪzd/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪzd/ /ˈkriːəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle creolized | /ˈkriːəlaɪzd/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪzd/ /ˈkriːəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form creolizing | /ˈkriːəlaɪzɪŋ/, /ˈkrɪəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈkriːəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- creolize something to change a language by combining it with a language from another place
- Creolized forms of Latin were spoken in various parts of Europe.
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