COLOSSEUM Meaning of COLOSSEUM in English [col.os.se.um] n [ML, fr. L, neut. of colosseus colossal, fr. colossus] (ca. 1715) 1 cap: an amphitheater built in Rome in the first century a.d. 2: coliseum 2. Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012