colono

Italian

Etymology

From Latin colōnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlɔ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɔno
  • Hyphenation: co‧lò‧no

Noun

colono m (plural coloni, feminine colona)

  1. colonist, settler
  2. farmer (feudal)

Derived terms

  • colonato

Further reading

  • colono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

colōnō

  1. dative/ablative singular of colōnus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin colōnus (farmer; colonist), from colō (till, cultivate, worship), from earlier * quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlõ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlo.no/

  • Rhymes: -onu
  • Hyphenation: co‧lo‧no

Noun

colono m (plural colonos)

  1. colonist (a founder or member of a colony)
    Synonym: colonizador
  2. (Brazil) an immigrant farmer, especially from a European country

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlono/ [koˈlo.no]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Syllabification: co‧lo‧no

Noun

colono m (plural colonos, feminine colona, feminine plural colonas)

  1. colonist, settler
    Synonym: colonista
  2. farmer that normally lives and works on the same land

Further reading

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