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colonial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈloʊ.njəl/ (General-American)
• /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial From colony + -al.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
   • India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world. 2024 May 8, Dhruv Tikekar, “How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone”, in CNN:
   • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020, page 52:
3. Of or pertaining to the ideals of colonialism.
4. (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
5. (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
6. Tending to form colonies (especially of cells).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more colonial	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most colonial	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

colonial lag · decolonial · semicolonial · homocolonial · colonialise · postcolonial · intracolonial · colonial salmon · multicolonial · allocolonial · intercolonial · pseudocolonial · colonialistically · retro-colonial · transcolonial · concolonial · colonialist · biocolonial · colonialistic · unicolonial · colonialize · countercolonial · autocolonial · colonial empire · uncolonial · supercolonial · Eurocolonial · colonialization · noncolonial · paracolonial · colonial blue · colonial bent · colonialism · precolonial · French colonial empire · colonial rule · heterocolonial · anticolonial · subcolonial · colonially · colonial goose · coloniality · cybercolonial · colonialness · microcolonial · neocolonial

Translations (71)

bg колониа́лен (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · sh kȍlonijālan (of or pertaining to a colony) · be колёнія́льны (of or pertaining to a colony) · be каланія́льны (of or pertaining to a colony) · pl kolonialny (of or pertaining to a colony) · sq kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · ms kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · io koloniala (of or pertaining to a colony) · da kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · ru колониа́льный (of or pertaining to a colony) · da kolonial (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · ru колониа́льный (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · ar اِسْتِعْمَارِيّ (of or pertaining to a colony) · pt colonial (US: of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA) · ru колониа́льный (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · da kolonial (US: of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA) · io koloniala (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · ca colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · eo kolonia (of or pertaining to a colony) · nb kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · la colōniālis (of or pertaining to a colony) · tl sakupin (of or pertaining to a colony) · la colōniārius (of or pertaining to a colony) · sv kolonial (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · fa استعماری (of or pertaining to a colony) · hi औपनिवेशिक (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · fr colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · bg колониа́лен (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · gl colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · io koloniala (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · de kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · cmn 殖民的 (of or pertaining to a colony) · bg колониа́лен (of or pertaining to a colony) · eo kolonia (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · sv kolonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · nl koloniaal (of or pertaining to a colony) · ms koloni (of or pertaining to a colony) · ro colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · hi औपनिवेशिक (of or pertaining to a colony) · fi siirtomaa- (of or pertaining to a colony) · ka კოლონიური (of or pertaining to a colony) · pt colonial (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · de kolonial (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · cmn 殖民地的 (of or pertaining to a colony) · tyv колониалдыг (of or pertaining to a colony) · ms jajahan (of or pertaining to a colony) · fr colonial (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · uk колоніа́льний (of or pertaining to a colony) · tr kolonyal (of or pertaining to a colony) · sl kolonialen (of or pertaining to a colony) · sah колониальнай (of or pertaining to a colony) · vi thực dân (of or pertaining to a colony) · hy գաղութային (of or pertaining to a colony) · it coloniale (of or pertaining to a colony) · ur استعماری (of or pertaining to a colony) · cs koloniální (of or pertaining to a colony) · mk колонија́лен (of or pertaining to a colony) · tl sakupbayanin (of or pertaining to a colony) · es colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · sh ко̏лонија̄лан (of or pertaining to a colony) · el αποικιακός (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · fr colonial (US: of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA) · pt colonial (of or pertaining to a colony) · el αποικιακός (of or pertaining to a colony) · fr colonial (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · sv kolonial (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · pt colonial (US: of or relating to the style of architecture) · sk koloniálny (of or pertaining to a colony) · sv kolonial (US: of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA) · ka კოლონიური (of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony) · la colōnicus (of or pertaining to a colony)

colonial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈloʊ.njəl/ (General-American)
• /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial From colony + -al.

Meanings

1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
   • None of them are, so to speak, idle men. Many of them are emigrants, not of the soil born and bred colonials. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192:
   • The rest of us had tea and finger sandwiches with members of the royal household, which was very elegant but hard on some of us ill-schooled colonials. 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 150:
2. (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.
3. A coin or postage stamp issued by a colony.
   • This simple soul, who possesses a talent not inferior to that of Cavino at his best, has for many years turned his hand to the not unprofitable occupation of forging rare Greek and Roman coins. As a collector and student of certain Greek colonials and a specialist in forgeries I have been familiar with Stelli's workmanship for years. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
colonials	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Relateds

colonization

Translations (3)

io koloniano (person from a country that is or was controlled by another) · pt colono (person from a country that is or was controlled by another) · gl colono (person from a country that is or was controlled by another)