colonial
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ.njal/
colonial is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colonial is a French masculine noun meaning “a colonial, a resident of a colony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat qui faisait partie du contingent colonial”.
What does colonial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colonial
noun
- 1
masculinea colonial, a resident of a colony
Near-synonym: colon
- 2
masculinea soldier dispatched to a colony
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la colonisation et aux colonies.
noun: 1. Soldat qui faisait partie du contingent colonial. 2. Fonctionnaire en poste aux colonies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colonial
- coloniale feminine
- coloniaux masculine plural
- coloniales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colonial?
- /kɔ.lɔ.njal/
- \kɔ.lɔ.njal\
- [kɔ.lɔ.njal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colonial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colonial in French?
colonial appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).