"colonial" meaning in French

See colonial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.njal/ Audio: Fr-colonial.ogg Forms: coloniale [feminine], coloniaux [masculine, plural], coloniales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From colonie + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|colonie|-al}} colonie + -al Head templates: {{fr-adj}} colonial (feminine coloniale, masculine plural coloniaux, feminine plural coloniales)
  1. colonial Derived forms: colonialisme, colonialiste
    Sense id: en-colonial-fr-adj-Fri~I4us

Noun

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.njal/ Audio: Fr-colonial.ogg Forms: coloniaux [plural], coloniale [feminine]
Etymology: From colonie + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|colonie|-al}} colonie + -al Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} colonial m (plural coloniaux, feminine coloniale)
  1. a colonial, a resident of a colony Tags: masculine Synonyms: colon
    Sense id: en-colonial-fr-noun-FG6lMe~9
  2. a soldier dispatched to a colony Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colonial-fr-noun-35KCi8Fg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 33 64 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -al: 0 32 68

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "ro",
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