column

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English columne (“‘column (of a page)’”) < Latin columna (“‘a column, pillar, post’”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“‘a pillar, top, crown, summit’”); akin to Latin collis (“‘a hill’”), celsus (“‘high’”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophōn), “‘top, summit’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒləm/, SAMPA: /"kQl@m/
• (US) enPR: kŏl'əm, IPA: /ˈkɑːləm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒləm

[edit] Noun

column (plural columns)

1. An upright supporting member.
2. A vertical line of entries in a table, going from top to bottom; as opposed to a horizontal row (going from left to right).
3. A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
4. A vertical body of text in a newspaper or other journal.
5. Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

[edit] Antonyms

• row

[edit] Related terms

• beam
• post
• pillar

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• column in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• column in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911