"colon" meaning in French

See colon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ̃/ Forms: colons [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin colōnus. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|colōnus}} Learned borrowing from Latin colōnus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} colon m (plural colons)
  1. colonist, colonizer Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-LzBAFncx
  2. settler (in a French colony) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-BylJfETI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 52 24 2 14 3
  3. camper (child in a colonie de vacances) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-OdUJNYqm
  4. sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-Z524mHBw
  5. (vulgar, Canada) hillbilly, hick Tags: Canada, masculine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-2P-A5ziM Categories (other): Canadian French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: colonie, coloniser
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: See côlon. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|côlon}} côlon Head templates: {{head|fr|misspelling}} colon
  1. Misspelling of côlon. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: côlon
    Sense id: en-colon-fr-noun-itf9iFXo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.\nSous les auspices du dictateur A. Cornelius Cossus, les Romains viennent de remporter une victoire sur leurs voisins Volsques, Latins et Herniques, associés aux colons romains en rébellion de Circéi et Vélitrae."
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          "text": "José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.\nUne fois encore, ils me ramènant à mon enfance, aux colonies de vacances. Aves les autres petits colons, mes frères et moi trottions sur les chemins de traverse pour aller jouer dans les près ou à la rivière."
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      "ipa": "/kɔ.lɔ̃/"
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