kolonie

See also: Kolonie and kolonię

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (“colony”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊə̯ˈlʊə̯.ni/

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Noun

kolonie (plural kolonies)

1. colony

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolonɪjɛ]

Noun

kolonie f

1. colony

Declension

Declension of kolonie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolonie	kolonie
genitive	kolonie	kolonií
dative	kolonii	koloniím
accusative	kolonii	kolonie
vocative	kolonie	kolonie
locative	kolonii	koloniích
instrumental	kolonií	koloniemi

Related terms

• kolonialismus
• koloniální

 

Further reading

• kolonie in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kolonie in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈloː.ni/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧nie

Noun

kolonie f (plural kolonies or koloniën, diminutive kolonietje n)

1. colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory
2. colony, a camp etc. where people are living together for certain purposes, usually specified, such as strafkolonie, vakantiekolonie (a charitable summer camp)
3. colony, collective noun for various insects which nest and live together, such as ants
4. colony, collective noun for various birds which nest close together, such as seagulls, penguins; siege of herons
5. colony, collective noun for collective noun for various mammal species which nest and/or live close together, such as hedge for certain monkeys

Derived terms

• arbeiderskolonie
• strafkolonie
• vakantiekolonie
• veenkolonie

Related terms

• koloniaal
• kolonialisme
• kolonialist
• kolonialistisch
• kolonisatie
• kolonisator
• koloniseren
• kolonist

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kolonie
• → Indonesian: koloni

Anagrams

• klooien

Polish

kolonie

Etymology 1

From kolonia +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɔɲ.jɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲjɛ
• Syllabification: ko‧lon‧ie
• Homophones: Kolonie, kolonię, Kolonię

Noun

kolonie nvir (related adjective kolonijny)

1. (sports) youth camp (program that offers supervised recreational and athletic activities for children during summer vacation)

Declension

Declension of kolonie

	plural
nominative	kolonie
genitive	kolonii/kolonij (archaic)
dative	koloniom
accusative	kolonie
instrumental	koloniami
locative	koloniach
vocative	kolonie

Noun

kolonie f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of kolonia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɔ.ɲɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɲɛ
• Syllabification: ko‧lo‧nie

Noun

kolonie m inan

1. locative/vocative singular of kolon

Further reading

• kolonie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kolonie in PWN's encyclopedia