colonial

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈloʊ.njəl/ UK /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ See IPA manual

Freq #12221

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to a time when a country ruled and controlled other lands as colonies.

The city still has many buildings from colonial times.
2

adj
Relating to or belonging to a colony.

The museum displays objects from the colonial era.
3

adj
Living together in large groups or colonies, as some animals do.

Coral is a colonial organism made of many tiny individuals.
4

noun
A person who lives in a colony.

The colonials demanded better treatment from the home country.

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Synonyms

3 adj · living together in large... compound

Word family

Forms colonialsuncolonial

Derived forms allocolonialanticolonialautocolonialbiocolonialcolonialisecolonialismcolonialistcolonialisticcolonialisticallycolonialitycolonializationcolonialize

Related forms colonization

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial From colony + -al.

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# colonial

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈloʊ.njəl/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/
**Frequency rank:** 12221

## Meanings
1. Relating to a time when a country ruled and controlled other lands as colonies.
2. Relating to or belonging to a colony.
3. Living together in large groups or colonies, as some animals do.
4. A person who lives in a colony.

## Examples
- The city still has many buildings from colonial times.
- The museum displays objects from the colonial era.
- Coral is a colonial organism made of many tiny individuals.
- The colonials demanded better treatment from the home country.

## Derived Forms
- allocolonial
- anticolonial
- autocolonial
- biocolonial
- colonialise
- colonialism
- colonialist
- colonialistic
- colonialistically
- coloniality
- colonialization
- colonialize

## Related Forms
- colonization

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial From colony + -al.

## AI Etymology
colonial is an adjective and noun. It is from colony + -al. Current senses include relating to a time when a country ruled and controlled other lands as colonies, relating to or belonging to a colony, and living together in large groups or colonies, as some animals do. Derived forms include allocolonial, anticolonial, autocolonial, biocolonial, and colonialise. Related words include colonization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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