colonialist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti

Proto-Italic *kʷelō

Latin colō

Latin colōnus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin colōniader.

Middle English colane

English colony

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English colonial

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English colonialist

From colonial + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/

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Adjective

colonialist (comparative more colonialist, superlative most colonialist)

1. Of or pertaining to colonialism.

   Synonym: colonialistic

   • 2017, Paul Thompson, Environmental Justice:

     Outlines of a systemic relation between society and ecology are evident with the theoretical innovations underlying the ecoimperialist and colonialist critiques.

Derived terms

• colonialistic

Translations

of or pertaining to colonialism

• Arabic: اِسْتِعْمَارِي m (istiʕmārī)
• Catalan: colonialista (ca)
• Esperanto: koloniisma
• Finnish: kolonialistinen (fi)
• French: colonialiste (fr)
• Georgian: კოლონიალისტური (ḳolonialisṭuri)
• German: kolonialistisch (de)
• Greek: αποικιοκρατικός (el) (apoikiokratikós)
• Hindi: उपनिवेशवादी m (upniveśvādī)
• Italian: colonialista (it), colonialistico (it)
• Polish: kolonialistyczny (pl), kolonialny (pl)
• Portuguese: colonialista (pt)
• Spanish: colonialista
• Turkish: sömürgeci (tr)

Noun

colonialist (plural colonialists)

1. One who supports or advocates colonialism.

   Hyponyms: colonizer, colonist

   • 2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     [Marc Jacobs] is a colonialist, an extender of brands, and in very good shape.

   • 2014, Olivia Williams, “Gin is the Tonic”, in Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London, London: Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 163:

     So far, the daily dose of quinine had been bitter and very unpalatable. […] To make the medicine go down more easily, colonialists occasionally mixed the powder with sugar, water and gin.

Derived terms

• anticolonialist
• anti-colonialist
• de-colonialist
• decolonialist
• neo-colonialist
• neocolonialist
• noncolonialist
• non-colonialist
• palaeo-colonialist
• palaeocolonialist
• paleocolonialist
• paleo-colonialist
• post-colonialist
• postcolonialist
• pre-colonialist
• precolonialist
• procolonialist
• pro-colonialist

Related terms

• colonial
• colonialism
• colonially
• colonisation
• colonise
• colonization
• colonize
• colony

Translations

one who supports or advocates colonialism

• Azerbaijani: müstəmləkəçi
• Catalan: colonialista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 殖民者 (zik⁶ man⁴ ze²)

  Hokkien: 殖民者 (zh-min-nan) (si̍t-bîn-chiá)

  Mandarin: 殖民者 (zh) (zhímínzhě)

• Esperanto: koloniisto (cf. koloniano, koloniulo), koloniistino (female)
• Estonian: kolonialist
• Finnish: kolonialisti
• French: colonialiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: კოლონიალისტი (ḳolonialisṭi)
• German: Kolonialist (de) m, Kolonialistin (de) f
• Hindi: उपनिवेशवादी m (upniveśvādī)
• Italian: colonialista (it) m or f
• Persian: استعمارگر (fa) (este'mârgar)
• Polish: kolonialista (pl) m, kolonialistka f
• Portuguese: colonialista (pt) m or f
• Russian: колониза́тор (ru) m (kolonizátor) (male or female)
• Spanish: colonialista m or f
• Turkish: sömürgeci (tr)
• Ukrainian: колоніза́тор m (kolonizátor)

Anagrams

• oscillation

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colonialiste, equivalent to colonial +‎ -ist.

Adjective

colonialist m or n (feminine singular colonialistă, masculine plural colonialiști, feminine/neuter plural colonialiste)

1. colonialist, colonialistic

Declension

Declension of colonialist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	colonialist		colonialistă	colonialiști	colonialiste
	definite	colonialistul		colonialista	colonialiștii	colonialistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	colonialist		colonialiste	colonialiști	colonialiste
	definite	colonialistului		colonialistei	colonialiștilor	colonialistelor

Noun

colonialist m (plural colonialiști, feminine equivalent colonialistă)

1. colonialist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	colonialist	colonialistul	colonialiști	colonialiștii
genitive-dative	colonialist	colonialistului	colonialiști	colonialiștilor
vocative	colonialistule		colonialiștilor