columnar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin columnāris.[1] By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
columnar (not comparable)
- Having the shape of a column.
- Constructed with columns.
- (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
- Coordinate terms: cuboidal, columnar
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Having the shape of a column
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Constructed with column
References[edit]
- ^ “columnar, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
cŏlumnār n (genitive cŏlumnāris); third declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “columnar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- columnar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
columnar m or f (masculine and feminine plural columnares)
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