kolonie

See also: Kolonie and kolonię

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin colōnia (colony).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊə̯ˈlʊə̯.ni/
  • (file)

Noun

kolonie (plural kolonies)

  1. colony

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkolonɪjɛ]

Noun

kolonie f

  1. colony

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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/
  • (file)
  • 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

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Indonesian: koloni

Anagrams

Polish

kolonie

Etymology 1

From kolonia + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɔɲ.jɛ/
  • (file)
  • 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

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

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