cola

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Acronym 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Alternative forms 1.4.2 Noun 1.4.2.1 See also 1.4.2.2 Translations 2 Asturian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Contraction 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Fijian 4.1 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Verb form 6 Spanish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Etymology 1 6.2.1 Noun 6.2.1.1 Synonyms 6.2.1.2 Derived terms 6.3 Etymology 2 6.3.1 Noun 6.3.1.1 Synonyms 6.3.1.2 Derived terms 6.4 Etymology 3 6.4.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.lə/, SAMPA: /"k@U.l@/

  Rhymes: -əʊlə

• (US) IPA: /ˈkoʊlə/, SAMPA: /'koU.la/

  Rhymes: -oʊlə

[edit] Etymology 1

Acronym

[edit] Acronym

cola

1. cost of living allowance

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

cola

1. (obsolete) Plural form of colon.
   • 2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai

     In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

[edit] Etymology 3

From a Niger-Kordofanian language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola.

[edit] Alternative forms

• (the plant or nut): kola

[edit] Noun

cola (plural colas)

1. A beverage or a drink made with caramel, and carbonated water.
2. The kola plant, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

[edit] See also

• Coca-Cola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Coca-Cola
• Pepsi-Cola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pepsi-Cola

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con (“‘with’”) + feminine singular article la (“‘the’”).

[edit] Contraction

cola f. (masculine col, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

1. with the

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From English, from the drink Coca Cola.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA: /ˈko.la/
• (Belgium) IPA: /ˈko.lɑ/

[edit] Noun

cola m. (plural cola’s, diminutive colaatje)

1. cola (drink)
2. cola (nut)

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[edit] Fijian

[edit] Verb

cola

1. carry (on the shoulders)

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkoː.la/, SAMPA: /"ko:.la/

[edit] Verb form

cola

1. third person singular present tense of colare
2. second person singular imperative of colare

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkola/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Cognate to French queue and Italian coda.

[edit] Noun

cola f. (plural colas)

1. tail
2. line (US); queue (UK)
3. (slightly obscene) ass, the buttocks

[edit] Synonyms

• (tail): rabo
• (queue): fila

[edit] Derived terms

• cola de caballo f.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla). Cognate to French colle.

[edit] Noun

cola f. (plural colas)

1. glue

[edit] Synonyms

• pegamento

[edit] Derived terms

• cola fría

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Noun

cola f. (plural colas)

1. cola (drink)
2. cola (nut)