postcolonial
\pɔst.kɔ.lɔ.njal\
The verdict
“postcolonial” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Après la période coloniale.
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Index FR-postcolonial · postcolonial · French
postcolonial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postcolonial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔst.kɔ.lɔ.njal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
postcolonial is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔst.kɔ.lɔ.njal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Après la période coloniale.".
postcolonial has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is postcolonial, spelled P-O-S-T-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Après la période coloniale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postcolonial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les chefs confrériques, marginalisés pendant la période postcoloniale, firent ainsi leur retour sur la scène politique nationale avec la crise politique régionale et le multipartisme.
Les personnes racisées issues de l’immigration coloniale et postcoloniale qui ramassent les ordures des villes, nettoient les places et les institutions publiques, conduisent les bus, les trams et les métros, celles qui servent les repas chauds dans les réfectoires universitaires, livrent le courrier, soignent les malades dans les hôpitaux, celles dont l’…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.