col

See also: Appendix:Variations of "col"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒl/

Noun

Wikipedia

col (plural cols)

1. A dip between mountain peaks in a summit-line.

Translations

dip between mountain peaks

• Bulgarian: проход (bg) (prohod), седловина (sedlovina)
• Italian: forcella (it) f

• Russian: седловина (ru) (sedlovina), перевал (ru) (pereval)

Related terms

• bealach
• mountain pass
• pass
• saddle

External links

• cols on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mountain pass

Anagrams

• CLO
• loc., LOC

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Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

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

1. with the

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cu illu < Latin eccum illum. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.

Pronoun

col

1. that

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French

Etymology

From Latin collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. collar
2. col
3. neck (now especially of objects, vases etc.)

Derived terms

• col de l'utérus

Related terms

• cou

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Galician

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. wild mustard, wild cabbage; Brassica oleracea

Related terms

• coliflor

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔl̪ˠ]

Noun

col m (genitive coil, nominative plural colanna)

1. prohibition
2. sin, lust
3. violation
4. dislike
5. incest
6. relation, relationship

Declension

Declension of col

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative col colanna Vocative a choil a cholanna Genitive coil colanna Dative col colanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an col na colanna Genitive an choil na gcolanna Dative leis an gcol don chol leis na colanna

Synonyms

• ciorrú coil
• corbadh

Derived terms

• col ceathar
• col ceathrair
• col cúigir
• col gaoil
• col seisir
• colscaradh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
col	chol	gcol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Contraction

col

1. contraction of con il; with the

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Lojban

Rafsi

col

1. rafsi of co.

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin collum

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. (anatomy) the neck

Descendants

• French: cou, col

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kōluz. Cognate with Old High German kuoli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

Adjective

cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

1. cool (not hot or warm)

Declension

Weak							Strong
	singular			plural				singular			plural
	m	n	f					m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	cōla	cōle	cōle	cōlan			nom.	cōl			cōle	cōl	cōla, -e
accusative	cōlan	cōle	cōlan				acc.	cōlne	cōl	cōle	cōle	cōl	cōla, -e
genitive	cōlan			cōlra, cōlena			gen.	cōles	cōles	cōlre	cōlra
dative	cōlan			cōlum			dat.	cōlum	cōlum	cōlre	cōlum
							instrumental	cōle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *kulą. Cognate with Old High German kolo, Old Norse kol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol/

Noun

col n

1. coal

Declension

Declension of col (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	col	colu
accusative	col	colu
genitive	coles	cola
dative	cole	colum

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Old French

Etymology

Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

col m (oblique plural cos, nominative singular cos, nominative plural col)

1. (anatomy) neck

Descendants

• French: cou, col

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

col m (genitive cola, plural colan)

1. incest

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsôːl/

Noun

cȏl m (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)

1. inch

Declension

    declension of col

	singular	plural
nominative	col	colovi
genitive	cola	colova
dative	colu	colovima
accusative	col	colove
vocative	cole	colovi
locative	colu	colovima
instrumental	col	colovima

Related terms

• ȉnč, pȁlac

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caulis (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulos, “stem of a plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol/
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. cabbage

Synonyms

• berza f
• repollo m

Derived terms

• coliflor f
• colinabo m

Related terms

• brécol