colono

Italian

Etymology

From Latin colōnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlɔ.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔno
• Hyphenation: co‧lò‧no

Noun

colono m (plural coloni, feminine colona)

1. colonist, settler
2. farmer (feudal)

Derived terms

• colonato

Further reading

• colono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

colōnō

1. dative/ablative singular of colōnus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier * quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlõ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlõ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈlo.nu/

• Rhymes: -onu
• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧no

Noun

colono m (plural colonos)

1. colonist (a founder or member of a colony)

   Synonym: colonizador

2. (Brazil) an immigrant farmer, especially from a European country

Related terms

• colônia/colónia, colonizar, colonial

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlono/ [koˈlo.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧no

Noun

colono m (plural colonos, feminine colona, feminine plural colonas)

1. colonist, settler

   Synonym: colonista

2. farmer that normally lives and works on the same land

Related terms

• colonizar

 

Further reading

• “colono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16