columnar

English

Etymology

column +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlʌmnə(ɹ)/

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Adjective

columnar (not comparable)

1. Having the shape of a column.
2. Constructed with columns.

Derived terms

• half columnar
• subcolumnar

Translations

Having the shape of a column

• French: colonnaire (fr)
• German: säulenförmig (de)
• Greek: κιονοειδής (el) (kionoeidís)

  Ancient: κιονοειδής (kionoeidḗs)

• Hungarian: oszlopos (hu)
• Swedish: pelarformig

Constructed with column

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Latin

Etymology

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Noun

cŏlumnār n (genitive cŏlumnāris); third declension

1. marble quarry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cŏlumnār	cŏlumnārēs
Genitive	cŏlumnāris	cŏlumnārum
Dative	cŏlumnārī	cŏlumnāribus
Accusative	cŏlumnārem	cŏlumnārēs
Ablative	cŏlumnāre	cŏlumnāribus
Vocative	cŏlumnār	cŏlumnārēs

References

• “columnar”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• columnar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Spanish

Adjective

columnar (plural columnares)

1. columnar