colonial
Portuguese, adjective/ko.lo.niˈaw/
colonial is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colonial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “colonial (relating to colonies: regions ruled by another country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente a colônia ou a colonos”.
What does colonial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecolonial (relating to colonies: regions ruled by another country)
Governo colonial.
- 2
femininemasculinecolonial; colonialistic (relating to colonialism)
Expansão colonial.
- 3
femininemasculinecolonial (relating to the period when a country was a colony)
Arquitetura colonial.
- 4
Brazilfemininemasculinerelating to the culture of rural immigrant settlements
Queijo colonial.
- 5
femininemasculinecolonial (tending to form colonies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a colônia ou a colonos 2. que tem a qualidade de colônia 3. referente ao período histórico no que um lugar foi colônia 4. que vive em colônia
noun: 1. especialista em assuntos coloniais; colonista
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colonial
- coloniais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colonial?
- Brazil /ko.lo.niˈaw/
- Brazil [ko.lo.niˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ko.loˈnjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
colonial appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).