1. to cause a language to develop into a creole through contact between different languages
Usage: linguistics
2. to adopt or blend cultural elements from different ethnic or cultural groups
Usage: cultural studies

Examples

• The plantation system helped creolize the various African languages spoken by enslaved people.
• Trade routes often creolize local languages through constant contact with foreign merchants.
• The music began to creolize as different immigrant communities settled in the neighborhood.
• Colonial societies tend to creolize their cultural practices over time.
• The cooking style creolized as French techniques mixed with local ingredients.
• Linguists study how pidgin languages creolize into full languages over generations.