colom

See also: Colom and Colom.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin columbus. Compare Occitan colomb or French colombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kuˈlum]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈlom]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈlom]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

colom m (plural coloms, feminine coloma, feminine plural colomes)

1. dove, pigeon

Synonyms

• (dialectal, archaic) paloma

Derived terms

• colom becut
• colom bicrestat
• colom roquer
• colomaire
• colomar
• colomassa
• colomí

Related terms

• columbí

See also

• paloma
• xixella

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “colom”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)