koloni

See also: kolonî

Danish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)

  1. colony

Inflection

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, first-person possessive koloniku, second-person possessive kolonimu, third-person possessive koloninya)

  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

  • 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

  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English colon.

Noun

koloni (n class, plural koloni)

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

Punctuation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English colony.

Noun

koloni (ma class, plural makoloni)

  1. colony
Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c

  1. a colony

Declension

Declension of koloni 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative koloni kolonin kolonier kolonierna
Genitive kolonis kolonins koloniers koloniernas

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

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