col

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

col (plural cols)

  1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
    Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause
    • 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:
      We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.
  2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

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Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

col f (plural cols)

  1. cabbage

Derived terms

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

col

  1. that

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, Belgium) (clothing) collar
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, Belgium) (sports) mountain pass
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From French colle

Noun

col f (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Belgium) glue
Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.

Pronunciation

Noun

col m (plural cols)

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

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Further reading

Galician

Coles or verzas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese col (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from an older unattested *coule, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Portuguese couve and Spanish col.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

col f (plural coles)

  1. collard; wild mustard, wild cabbage; kale; Brassica oleracea var. acephala
    Synonyms: coella, verza

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References

  1. ^ Template:R:DCECH

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sol]
  • Hyphenation: col

Noun

col (plural colok)

  1. inch

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative col colok
accusative colt colokat
dative colnak coloknak
instrumental collal colokkal
causal-final colért colokért
translative collá colokká
terminative colig colokig
essive-formal colként colokként
essive-modal — —
inessive colban colokban
superessive colon colokon
adessive colnál coloknál
illative colba colokba
sublative colra colokra
allative colhoz colokhoz
elative colból colokból
delative colról colokról
ablative coltól coloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		colé coloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		coléi colokéi
Possessive forms of col
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. colom coljaim
2nd person sing. colod coljaid
3rd person sing. colja coljai
1st person plural colunk coljaink
2nd person plural colotok coljaitok
3rd person plural coljuk coljaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

col m (genitive singular 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

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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.

Italian

Contraction

col

  1. contraction of con il; with the

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum.

Noun

col m (plural cols)

  1. (anatomy) the neck

Descendants

  • French: cou, col

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

  1. cool (not hot or warm)
Declension
Declension of cōl — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōl cōl cōl
Accusative cōlne cōle cōl
Genitive cōles cōlre cōles
Dative cōlum cōlre cōlum
Instrumental cōle cōlre cōle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōle cōla, cōle cōl
Accusative cōle cōla, cōle cōl
Genitive cōlra cōlra cōlra
Dative cōlum cōlum cōlum
Instrumental cōlum cōlum cōlum
Declension of cōl — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōla cōle cōle
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōle
Genitive cōlan cōlan cōlan
Dative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Instrumental cōlan cōlan cōlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Genitive cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena
Dative cōlum cōlum cōlum
Instrumental cōlum cōlum cōlum
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

col n (nominative plural colu)

  1. coal
Declension
Declension of col (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative col colu
accusative col colu
genitive coles cola
dative cole colum
Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Latin collum.

Pronunciation

Noun

col oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous or cox or cols, nominative singular cous or cox or cols, nominative plural col)

  1. (anatomy) neck

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Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)

  1. incest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

col f (plural coles)

  1. cabbage
    Synonyms: berza, repollo

Derived terms

Descendants

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Tocharian B

Adjective

col

  1. wild

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

cōl m (plural cōln)

  1. inch (unit of measure)
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