coloniale
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ.njal/
coloniale is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-E (9 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coloniale is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of colonial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of colonial. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Armée française aux colonies”.
What does coloniale mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of colonial
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of colonial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Armée française 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 coloniale
- coloniales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coloniale?
- /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.
How common is coloniale in French?
coloniale appears 6.9 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).