colony

colonie

Pays ou territoire gouverné par un autre pays, généralement éloigné.

En anglais simple : A country or area ruled by another country, usually far away.

• The island was once a colony.
• Several former colonies became independent in the twentieth century.
• The empire took resources from its overseas colonies.

Synonymes : dependency

Expressions courantes : british colony, former colony, overseas colony

colonie

Groupe d’animaux, de plantes ou d’autres êtres vivants qui vivent tout près les uns des autres.

En anglais simple : A group of animals, plants, or other living things that live closely together.

• An ant colony lives under that stone.
• The island supports a large colony of seabirds.
• Scientists grew bacterial colonies in the laboratory.

Comment l'utiliser : a colony of something (A colony of bats lives in the cave.)

Expressions courantes : ant colony, bacterial colony, colony of something

colonie

Communauté de personnes venues d’ailleurs qui gardent des liens avec leur pays d’origine.

En anglais simple : A community formed by people who move from another place and keep connections with their original country.

• The settlers founded a small colony.
• Families from abroad joined the colony over several years.
• The colony kept close ties with its original homeland.

Synonymes : settlement

Expressions courantes : settler colony, establish a colony, found a colony

quartier résidentiel, ensemble résidentiel

Ensemble de maisons ou d’immeubles d’habitation qui forment un quartier.

En anglais simple : A group of homes or apartment buildings forming one neighborhood.

• Our colony has a small park.
• Residents of the colony share a water supply.
• Several new apartment buildings have opened in the colony.

Synonymes : neighborhood, housing complex

Expressions courantes : residential colony, housing colony, our colony