colonial

English

Etymology

From colony +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/

Adjective

colonial (comparative more colonial, superlative most colonial)

1. Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     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.

3. (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
4. (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.

Derived terms

• anticolonial
• colonial goose
• colonialise
• colonialism
• colonialist
• colonialistic
• colonialistically
• coloniality
• colonialize
• colonially
• colonialness
• colonial power
• decolonial
• intercolonial
• intracolonial
• neocolonial
• noncolonial
• postcolonial
• precolonial
• retro-colonial
• semicolonial
• supercolonial
• unicolonial

 

Translations

Of or pertaining to a colony

• Bulgarian: колониален (kolonialen)
• Catalan: colonial (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殖民的 (zh) (zhímín de); 殖民地的 (zh) (zhímíndì de)

• Danish: kolonial
• French: colonial (fr)
• Galician: colonial
• German: kolonial (de)
• Greek: αποικιακός (el) (apoikiakós)
• Ido: koloniala (io)
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• Latin: colōnicus
• Malay: jajahan, koloni, kolonial
• Portuguese: colonial (pt)
• Romanian: colonial (ro)
• Russian: колониа́льный (ru) (koloniálʹnyj)
• Spanish: colonial (es)
• Swedish: kolonial (sv)
• Tagalog: sakupbayanin, sakupin
• Tuvan: колониалдыг (kolonialdıg)
• Yakut: колониальнай (kolonialnay)

of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony

• Bulgarian: колониален (kolonialen)
• Danish: kolonial
• Esperanto: kolonia
• French: colonial (fr)
• German: kolonial (de)
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• Greek: αποικιακός (el) (apoikiakós)
• Ido: koloniala (io)
• Portuguese: colonial (pt)
• Russian: колониа́льный (ru) (koloniálʹnyj)
• Swedish: kolonial (sv)

US: Of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA

• Danish: kolonial
• French: colonial (fr)
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• Portuguese: colonial (pt)
• Swedish: kolonial (sv)

US: Of or relating to the style of architecture

• Bulgarian: колониален (kolonialen)
• French: colonial (fr)
• Ido: koloniala (io)
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• Portuguese: colonial (pt)
• Swedish: kolonial (sv)

Noun

colonial (plural colonials)

1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
2. (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

Translations

person from a country that is or was controlled by another

• Ido: koloniano (io)
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• Portuguese: colono (pt) m

US: house built in a style reminiscent of the colonial period

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Related terms

• colonization

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Catalan

Adjective

colonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural colonials)

1. colonial

Derived terms

• colonialisme
• colonialista

Related terms

• colònia

Further reading

• “colonial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colonial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “colonial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “colonial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.njal/

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Adjective

colonial (feminine coloniale, masculine plural coloniaux, feminine plural coloniales)

1. colonial

Further reading

• “colonial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From colónia (“colony”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˌlo.ni.ˈaw/, /ˌko.lo.ˈnjaw/

Adjective

1. (geopolitics) colonial (relating to colonies: regions ruled by another country)

   Governo colonial.

   Colonial government.

2. (geopolitics) colonial; colonialistic (relating to colonialism)

   Expansão colonial.

   Colonial expansion.

3. (chiefly art) colonial (relating to the period when a country was a colony)

   Arquitetura colonial.

   Colonial architecture.

4. (Brazil) relating to the culture of rural immigrant settlements

   Queijo colonial.

   [Type of cheese made by German immigrants].

Synonyms

• (colonialistic): colonialista

Derived terms

• colonialismo
• colonialista

Related terms

• colônia
• coloniano
• colono

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Spanish

Etymology

colonia +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koloˈnjal/ [ko.loˈnjal]

Adjective

colonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural coloniales)

1. colonial

Derived terms

• anticolonial
• colonialismo
• colonialista

Further reading

• “colonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014