koloni

See also: kolonî

Danish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)

  1. colony

Inflection

Declension of koloni
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative koloni kolonien kolonier kolonierne
genitive kolonis koloniens koloniers koloniernes

Derived terms

References

Finnish

Noun

koloni

  1. inflection of kolo:
    1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
    2. 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

  • IPA(key): [koˈloni]
  • Rhymes: -ni, -i
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (plural koloni-koloni)

  1. colony,
    1. (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
    2. (government, politics) a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
    3. (zoology) a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • berkoloni
  • koloni jaringan
  • koloni rayap
  • koloni sel

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural kolonier, definite plural koloniene)

  1. a colony

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural koloniar, definite plural koloniane)

  1. a colony

Derived terms

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English colon.

Noun

koloni class IX (plural koloni class X)

  1. colon (punctuation mark)
    Synonyms: nukta mbili, nukta pacha
See also

Punctuation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English colony.

Noun

koloni class V (plural makoloni class VI)

  1. colony
Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c

  1. a colony

Declension

Derived terms

  • barnkoloni
  • bäverkoloni
  • fågelkoloni
  • fångkoloni
  • hägerkoloni
  • kollo
  • koloniförening
  • koloniland
  • kolonilott
  • koloniområde
  • kolonistuga
  • koloniträdgård
  • konstnärskoloni
  • korallkoloni
  • kronkoloni
  • skarvkoloni
  • sommarkoloni
  • straffkoloni
  • svenskkoloni
  • sälkoloni

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English colony.

Noun

koloni

  1. colony

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

  • IPA(key): (standard) /ko.loˈni/, (some speakers) /koˈlo.ni/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (definite accusative koloniyi, plural koloniler)

  1. colony (region or governmental unit)
    Synonyms: sömürge, (archaic) müstemleke
  2. colony (group of people who settle such an area)
  3. colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)
  4. (biology) colony (group of organisms)

Derived terms

  • kolonileşmek

Further reading