koloni

See also: kolonî

Danish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)

1. colony

Inflection

Declension of koloni

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koloni	kolonien	kolonier	kolonierne
genitive	kolonis	koloniens	koloniers	koloniernes

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kolonial
• kolonialforretning
• kolonialhandel
• kolonialhandler
• kolonialisme
• kolonialist
• kolonialistisk
• kolonialvare
• kolonidyr
• kolonihave
• kolonihavebevægelse
• kolonihaveforening
• kolonihavehus
• kolonihaveområde
• koloniherre
• koloniimperie
• koloniimperium
• kolonikrig
• kolonimagt
• kolonirige
• kolonisation
• kolonisator
• kolonisere
• kolonisering
• kolonist
• kolonistil
• kolonistyre
• kolonitid
• kunstnerkoloni

References

• “koloni” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

koloni

1. first-person singular possessive of kolo

Declension

Inflection of koloni (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		koloni	koloni
genitive		koloni	kolojeni
partitive		koloani	kolojani
illative		kolooni	koloihini
		singular	plural
nominative		koloni	koloni
accusative	nom.	koloni	koloni
	gen.	koloni
genitive		koloni	kolojeni
partitive		koloani	kolojani
inessive		kolossani	koloissani
elative		kolostani	koloistani
illative		kolooni	koloihini
adessive		kolollani	koloillani
ablative		kololtani	koloiltani
allative		kololleni	koloilleni
essive		kolonani	koloinani
translative		kolokseni	koloikseni
instructive		—	koloini
abessive		kolottani	koloittani
comitative		—	koloineni

Anagrams

• klooni, likoon, olinko

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈloni]
• Rhymes: -ni, -i
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (plural koloni-koloni, first-person possessive koloniku, second-person possessive kolonimu, third-person possessive koloninya)

1. colony,
   1. (government, politics) a governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
   2. (government, politics) region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
   3. (government, politics) a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area.
   4. (zoology) a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

Derived terms

• koloni jaringan
• koloni rayap
• koloni sel

 

Related terms

• kolonial
• kolonialis
• kolonialisme
• kolonis

 

Further reading

• “koloni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural kolonier, definite plural koloniene)

1. a colony

Derived terms

Terms derived from koloni

• fuglekoloni
• kolonimakt

• kolonist
• kolonitid

• kronkoloni
• straffekoloni

Related terms

• kolonisere

References

• “koloni” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural koloniar, definite plural koloniane)

1. a colony

Derived terms

Terms derived from koloni

• fuglekoloni
• kolonimakt

• kolonist
• kolonitid

• kronkoloni
• straffekoloni

References

• “koloni” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English colon.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

koloni (n class, plural koloni)

1. colon (punctuation mark)

Synonyms

• nukta mbili

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c

1. a colony

Declension

Declension of koloni
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	koloni	kolonin	kolonier	kolonierna
Genitive	kolonis	kolonins	koloniers	koloniernas

Derived terms

• barnkoloni
• bäverkoloni
• fågelkoloni
• fångkoloni
• hägerkoloni
• kollo
• koloniförening
• koloniland
• kolonilott
• koloniområde
• kolonistuga
• koloniträdgård
• konstnärskoloni
• korallkoloni
• kronkoloni
• skarvkoloni
• sommarkoloni
• straffkoloni
• svenskkoloni
• sälkoloni

 

Related terms

• kolonial
• kolonisation
• kolonisera
• kolonist

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English colony.

Noun

koloni

1. colony

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولونی‎ (koloni, “colony”), from French colonie, from Latin colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from Latin colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Italic *kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ko.loˈni/, (some speakers) /koˈlo.ni/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (definite accusative koloniyi, plural koloniler)

1. colony (region or governmental unit)

   Synonyms: sömürge, (archaic) müstemleke

2. colony (group of people who settle such an area)
3. colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)
4. (biology) colony (group of organisms)

Derived terms

• kolonileşmek

Related terms

• dekolonizasyon
• kolonial
• kolonist
• kolonizasyon
• kolonizatör
• kolonize
• kolonyal
• kolonyalist
• kolonyalizm

 

Further reading

• koloni in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “koloni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “koloni”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “koloni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2659