Meanings
adjectivecolloidal (comparative more colloidal, superlative most colloidal)
comparative more colloidal · superlative most colloidal
- physicalchemistryOf, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκόλλᾰ (kóllă)
- Vulgar Latincolla
- Frenchcolle
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Frenchcolloïde
- Englishcolloid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcolloidal
Translations
Catalan col·loïdal, col·loide
- col·loïdalof or pertaining to a colloid
- col·loideof or pertaining to a colloid
Czech koloidní
- koloidníof or pertaining to a colloid
Finnish kolloidinen
- kolloidinenof or pertaining to a colloid
German kolloidal
- kolloidalof or pertaining to a colloid
Irish collóideach
- collóideachof or pertaining to a colloid
Italian colloidale
- colloidaleof or pertaining to a colloid
Portuguese coloidal, colóide
- coloidalof or pertaining to a colloid
- colóideof or pertaining to a colloid
Romanian coloidal
- coloidalof or pertaining to a colloid
Spanish coloidal, coloideo
- coloidalof or pertaining to a colloid
- coloideoof or pertaining to a colloid
- coloideof or pertaining to a colloid
Tagalog maladigkitin
- maladigkitinof or pertaining to a colloid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with colloidal
sinusoidaltoroidalsteroidalnonsteroidaltrapezoidalellipsoidalchoroidalspheroidalsigmoidalhemorrhoidalcuboidalsolenoidalasteroidaladenoidalaliethmoidalalkaloidalamygdaloidalbotryoidalchancroidalcoccoidalconchoidalconoidalcrinoidalcrystalloidal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
colloidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloidal
MLA
“colloidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloidal.
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