"creolize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹiːəlaɪz/ Forms: creolizes [present, singular, third-person], creolizing [participle, present], creolized [participle, past], creolized [past]
Etymology: creole + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|creole|ize}} creole + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} creolize (third-person singular simple present creolizes, present participle creolizing, simple past and past participle creolized)
  1. (linguistics) To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-creolize-en-verb-MYFUDh59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 74 26 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.
    Sense id: en-creolize-en-verb-3aMPpqcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: creolise [UK]

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