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English
Etymology
From colony + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
colonial (comparative more colonial, superlative most colonial)
- Of or pertaining to a colony.
- 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.
- (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
- (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
- Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to a colony
of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony
US: of or relating to the original thirteen colonies of the USA
US: of or relating to the style of architecture
Noun
colonial (plural colonials)
- A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192:None of them are, so to speak, idle men. Many of them are emigrants, not of the soil born and bred colonials.
- (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
US: house built in a style reminiscent of the colonial period
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
colonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural colonials)
- colonial
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
colonial (feminine coloniale, masculine plural coloniaux, feminine plural coloniales)
- colonial
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
colonial m (plural coloniaux, feminine coloniale)
- a colonial, a resident of a colony
- a soldier dispatched to a colony
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From colónia/colônia (“colony”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.lo.niˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ko.loˈnjaw/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: co‧lo‧ni‧al
Adjective
colonial m or f (plural coloniais)
- (geopolitics) colonial (relating to colonies: regions ruled by another country)
Governo colonial.- Colonial government.
- (geopolitics) colonial; colonialistic (relating to colonialism)
- Synonym: colonialista
Expansão colonial.- Colonial expansion.
- (chiefly art) colonial (relating to the period when a country was a colony)
Arquitetura colonial.- Colonial architecture.
- (Brazil) relating to the culture of rural immigrant settlements
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French colonial. Equivalent to colonie + -al.
Adjective
colonial m or n (feminine singular colonială, masculine plural coloniali, feminine and neuter plural coloniale)
- colonial
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From colonia + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈnjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧nial
Adjective
colonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural coloniales)
- colonial
Derived terms
Further reading