HyperDic: creolize

English > 1 sense of the word *creolize*:
VERB	change	creolize	develop into a creole

creolize > pronunciation
Sounds	kriy'ow.lay.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *creolize*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Develop into a creole.
Pattern	Something ----s
Example	"pidgins often creolize"
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Nouns	creole	a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages