colos

See also: colós

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. with the

Hungarian

Etymology

col +‎ -os

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡soloʃ]
• Hyphenation: co‧los
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

colos (comparative colosabb, superlative legcolosabb)

1. (colloquial) tall

   Synonyms: magas, nyurga

2. -inch

   négycolos csövek ― four-inch pipes

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	colos	colosak
accusative	colosat	colosakat
dative	colosnak	colosaknak
instrumental	colossal	colosakkal
causal-final	colosért	colosakért
translative	colossá	colosakká
terminative	colosig	colosakig
essive-formal	colosként	colosakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	colosban	colosakban
superessive	coloson	colosakon
adessive	colosnál	colosaknál
illative	colosba	colosakba
sublative	colosra	colosakra
allative	coloshoz	colosakhoz
elative	colosból	colosakból
delative	colosról	colosakról
ablative	colostól	colosaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	colosé	colosaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	coloséi	colosakéi

Further reading

• colos in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫoːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.los]

Noun

colōs m (genitive colōris); third declension

1. (Old Latin) alternative form of color

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	colōs	colōrēs
genitive	colōris	colōrum
dative	colōrī	colōribus
accusative	colōrem	colōrēs
ablative	colōre	colōribus
vocative	colōs	colōrēs

Portuguese

Noun

colos

1. plural of colo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colosse, from Latin colossus.

Noun

colos m (plural coloși)

1. colossus

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	colos	colosul	coloși	coloșii
genitive-dative	colos	colosului	coloși	coloșilor
vocative	colosule		coloșilor