English

Alternative forms

• colonize (American)

Verb

colonise ‎(third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised)

1. (British, transitive) To settle (somewhere) with colonists.
2. (transitive) To settle (a species, group of people, or the like) in a new place as a colony.
3. (intransitive) To begin a new colony.

Related terms

• colonial
• colonialism
• colonist
• colony

Derived terms

• colonisation

Translations

Anagrams

• colonies
• eclosion

French

Verb

colonise

1. first-person singular present indicative of coloniser
2. third-person singular present indicative of coloniser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coloniser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of coloniser
5. second-person singular imperative of coloniser

Anagrams

• colonies
• éclosion