coronel

English

Noun

coronel (plural coronels)

1. The head of a spear; a cronel.

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2. Obsolete form of colonel.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Jèrriais

Noun

coronel m (plural coronels)

1. colonel

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), from columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“going around”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌko.ɾo.ˈnɛw/

Noun

coronel m (plural coronéis)

1. colonel (commissioned office in the armed services)
2. (Brazil) a politician in rural areas

Related terms

• coronelato, coronelismo

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Spanish

Etymology

From French colonel, from Italian colonnello.

Noun

coronel m (plural coroneles)

1. colonel