koloni
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See also: kolonî
Danish
Etymology
Noun
koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)
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
- inflection of kolo:
- first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
- first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Pronunciation
Noun
koloni (plural koloni-koloni, first-person possessive koloniku, second-person possessive kolonimu, third-person possessive koloninya)
- colony,
- (government, politics) a governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country; region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
- Synonym: tanah jajahan
- (government, politics) a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area.
- (zoology) a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
- (government, politics) a governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country; region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “koloni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural kolonier, definite plural koloniene)
- a colony
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “koloni” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural koloniar, definite plural koloniane)
- a colony
Derived terms
References
- “koloni” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1
Noun
koloni (n class, plural koloni)
- colon (punctuation mark)
- Synonyms: nukta mbili, nukta pacha
See also
- ritifaa, apostrofi ( ' ) ( ’ )
- mabano ya mraba ( { } )
- mabano ya maua ( [ ] )
- nukta mbili, nukta pacha, koloni ( : )
- alama ya mkato, koma ( , )
- kistariungio ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- alama ya mshangao ( ! )
- alama ya mkwaju ( ⁄ )
- kistariungio ( - ) ( ‐ )
- mabano, parandesi, braketi ( ( ) )
- nukta ( . )
- alama ya swali ( ? )
- alama ya kunukuu ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- nukta mkato ( ; )
- alama ya mkwaju ( / )
Etymology 2
Noun
koloni (ma class, plural makoloni)
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
koloni c
- a colony
Declension
| Declension of koloni | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | koloni | kolonin | kolonier | kolonierna |
| Genitive | kolonis | kolonins | koloniers | koloniernas |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- koloni in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- koloni in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- koloni in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
koloni
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
Noun
koloni (definite accusative koloniyi, plural koloniler)
- colony (region or governmental unit)
- Synonyms: sömürge, (archaic) müstemleke
- colony (group of people who settle such an area)
- colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)
- (biology) colony (group of organisms)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “koloni”, in Turkish dictionaries, 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