colonial English · revision 7065

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1756}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ ''(UK)''; /kəˈloʊ.njəl/, /kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from Latin [[m|la|colonia]] or English [[colony]] and [[-al]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) perhaps after French colonial.^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or belonging to a colony: 1756 in Etymonline, 1755–73 in the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) MWU dates it to 1768.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the United States, belonging to or characteristic of the colonial period, especially of architecture, is from 1776.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Of shops dealing in colonial produce it is from 1872,^(OED 1989) and in biology, forming a colony, from 1885.^(OED 1989) The noun, an inhabitant of a colony, is from 1816 in Etymonline, 1865 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1756 – of a colony.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1776 – of the American colonial period.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1816 – a colonist (noun).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1885 – in biology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to a [[colony]] or colonies, or to colonialism.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(often Colonial)'' Of the period of the 13 British colonies in America, especially in architecture or furniture.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(biology)'' Living in colonies.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An inhabitant of a colony.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[colonially]]

+ * [[colonialness]]

+ * [[anticolonial]]

+ * [[colonialism]]

+ * [[coloniality]]

+ * [[colonialize]]

+ * [[colonialization]]

+ * [[uncolonial]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[colonization]]

+ * [[colony]]

+ * [[colonist]]

+ * [[colonize]]

+ * [[cultivate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}