kolonizować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French coloniser, German kolonisieren + -ować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ɲiˈzɔ.vat͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ko‧lo‧ni‧zo‧wać

Verb

kolonizować impf (perfective skolonizować)

  1. (transitive) to colonize (to settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony)
    Synonym: zasiedlać
  2. (transitive) to colonize (to settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony)
  3. (transitive) to colonize (to settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area))

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • rozkolonizować
  • zakolonizować
adjectives
adverbs
  • kolonialnie
  • kolonijnie
nouns

Further reading

  • kolonizować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kolonizować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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