decreolize

[ dee-kree-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Linguistics.

, de·cre·o·lized, de·cre·o·liz·ing.

1. 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.

Other Words From

• de·creo·li·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of decreolize¹

de- + creolize