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Creole may refer to:

A creole language is a stable, full-fledged language that originated from a pidgin.

Creole languages subgroups may include:

Specific creole languages include:

Haitian Creole language, French-based, an official language of Haiti
Mauritian Creole, French-based, spoken in Mauritius
Louisiana Creole French, spoken in Louisiana
Belizean Kriol language, spoken in Belize
Cape Verdean Creole, spoken on the islands of Cape Verde
Krio Dayak language, spoken by Krio Dayak people in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Liberian Kreyol language, spoken in Liberia
Seychellois Creole, French-based, spoken in the Seychelles
Guinea-Bissau Creole, spoken in Guinea-Bissau
Negerhollands, a Dutch-based creole, once spoken in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Bislama, an English-based creole, spoken in Vanuatu
Llanito, a Spanish- and English-based creole, spoken in Gibraltar
Bajan or Barbadian Creole, English-based, spoken in Barbados
Antillean Creole or Créole Martiniquais, French-based, spoken in the Lesser Antilles
Tok Pisin, an official language of Papua New Guinea
Torres Strait Creole or Brokan, spoken in far north-east Australia, Torres Strait, and south-west Papua
Patois, French based, spoken in Dominica and Saint Lucia
Nagamese creole, based on Assamese, used in in Nagaland, India

Creole peoples – various distinct ethnic groups; mix of culture:

Louisiana Creole cuisine, a style of cooking of the New Orleans area, Louisiana that blends many influences.
"Creole Love Call", a composition by Duke Ellington
The Creole case, an international dispute about the Creole, a US slave-trade ship.
Creole Records, a record label
Creole Pig, a breed of pig from Haiti
Zydeco, Louisiana Creole folk music
CREOLE, a component model of the General Architecture for Text Engineering text processing system
Créolité, a Martinican literary movement
Creole (markup), a common wiki markup language to be used across different wikis
Ponce Creole, an architectural style unique to Ponce, Puerto Rico, born in the late eighteenth century
Creole sheep, a sheep breed
Creole Queen, a 1,000 passenger sternwheel riverboat
The Story of Creole, an animated short written by Stephen Cosgrove about a bird-dinosaur-like creature with a big heart and an alligator who couldn't talk straight who find kindred spirits in each other.

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 * [[Tok Pisin]], an official language of Papua New Guinea
 * [[Torres Strait Creole]] or Brokan, spoken in far north-east Australia, Torres Strait, and south-west Papua
-* [[Patois]], French based, spoken in Saint Lucia
+* [[Patois]], French based, spoken in Dominica and Saint Lucia
 * [[Nagamese creole]], based on [[Assamese language|Assamese]], used in in [[Nagaland]], [[India]]