Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colonus

/kəlˈoʊnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: colonus
IPA: /kəlˈoʊnəs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnusbor. English colonus Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

Inflected Forms

coloni (plural)

Rhymes With

bonus jonas onus slowness conus cronus keratoconus

Questions

How do you pronounce colonus?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəlˈoʊnəs/.
What does colonus mean?: A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
Where does colonus come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnusbor. English colonus Borrowed from Latin colōnus.

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