colonize

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
2. (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
3. (transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
4. (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.
5. (broadly, transitive) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

Concepts

coloniser

Synonymes

settle

colonise

transplant

immigrate

pioneer

populate

people

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subjugate

plant

🌱

immigrant

inhabit

mediatize

migrate

Traductions

colonizzare

kolonisieren

colonizar

colonizar

αποικίζω

koloniseren

besiedeln

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colonitzar

poblar

اِسْتعْمر

إستعمر

ستعمر

establir-se

اِسْتوْطن

استوطن

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɑlənaɪz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From colony + -ize.