crioulo

== English == === Alternative forms === criollo === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo. Doublet of creole and criollo. === Noun === crioulo (plural crioulos) A native horse of South America, known for its speed and endurance. ==== Related terms ==== Crioulo === Anagrams === couloir == Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain but usually associated with cria (“offspring”), criar (“to breed; to rear”). Possibly a corruption of criadouro (“breeding place”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -owlu, -olu Hyphenation: cri‧ou‧lo === Noun === crioulo m (plural crioulos) (linguistics) creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language) (uncountable) Cape Verdean Creole; Crioulo crioulo (a horse breed of South America) ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === crioulo m (plural crioulos, feminine crioula, feminine plural crioulas) (historical) criollo (a descendant of European settlers who is born in a colony) (historical) a slave born at the house of his master (historical) a black person born in the Americas Creole (a person of mixed African and European ancestry born in a colony or former colony) (Brazil, dated, usually ethnic slur) nigger; negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent) Synonyms: preto, (neutral) negro ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Kabuverdianu: kriolu → English: crioulo, Crioulo → Spanish: criollo → English: criollo → French: créole → English: creole, Creole === Adjective === crioulo (feminine crioula, masculine plural crioulos, feminine plural crioulas) Creole (of mixed black and European descent) Creole (pertaining to Creole culture) (Brazil, dated, usually ethnic slur) black (of sub-Saharan African descent) (linguistics) relating to creole languages === Further reading === “crioulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “crioulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “crioulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “crioulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026