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colonie [kɔlɔni]

• colonie de vacances ≈ children's holiday camp (Brit), ≈ summer camp (US)

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The colonie de vacances or colo is an important part of life for many French children. Colonies de vacances are residential centres in the countryside, in the mountains or at the seaside where children, supervised by trained « moniteurs » and « monitrices », can participate in a range of open-air activities. The colonie de vacances helps break up the two-month summer holiday for parents and children alike.

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1) Politique colony

2) ( groupe) ( d'artistes) colony; ( ethnique) community

3) Zoologie, Biologie colony

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- colonie de vacances

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1) (autrefois: pays dépendant) colony

2) (groupe de personnes, dans un certain endroit) community, [défricheurs, nouveaux occupants] settlement

3) ZOOLOGIE, BOTANIQUE colony

4) (colonie de vacances) summer camp USA

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colonie nf

1 Pol, Écon colony; les colonies the colonies;

2 ( groupe) ( d'artistes) colony; ( ethnique) community;

3 Zool, Biol colony.

colonie pénitentiaire† reformatory†; colonie de vacances holiday camp GB, summer camp US.

ⓘ Colonie de vacances A holiday village or summer camp for children. Originally set up to give poorer children a means of getting out into the countryside, these are still largely state-subsidized. The informal word for them is colo.

[kɔlɔni] nom féminin

1. [population] settlement

2. POLITIQUE [pays] colony

[fondation]

3. [communauté] community, (little) group

4. ZOOLOGIE colony group

5. LOISIRS

l'été dernier, j'ai fait une ou je suis allé en colonie [enfant] I went to summer camp last year

The colonie de vacances or colo is an integral part of childhood for many French people.The colonie is a sort of summer camp; the children are supervised by moniteurs (group leaders), who organize games and activities.