coronel

See also: Coronel

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ(ə)nəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹənəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

coronel (plural coronels)

1. Alternative form of cronel.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, “The Sling”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, footnote x, page 47:

     The follovving deſcription of the coronels or coronets, is given by [John] Guillim in his diſplay of heraldry.

Etymology 2

Noun

coronel (plural coronels)

1. Obsolete form of colonel.
   • 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:

     Whereupon the said coronel did absolutely yield himself and the fort, with all therein, and craved only mercy, which it being not thought good to show them, both for danger of themselves, if being saved, they should afterwards join with the Irish, and also for terror to the Irish, who were much emboldened by those foreign succours, and also put in hope of more ere long;

References

• “coronel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• coloner

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colonnello, diminutive of colonna, from Latin columna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ɾuˈnɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ko.ɾoˈnɛl]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

coronel m (plural coronels)

1. colonel

Derived terms

• tinent coronel

Further reading

• “coronel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “coronel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “coronel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “coronel”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coronel, borrowed from Middle French coronel or from Old Occitan coronel, from Italian colonnello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈnɛl/ [ko.ɾoˈnɛɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

coronel m (plural coroneis, feminine coronela, feminine plural coronelas)

1. colonel

Further reading

• “coronel”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coronel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “coronel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coronel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

coronel m (plural coronels)

1. (Jersey) colonel

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /ko.ɾoˈnɛw/ [ko.ɾoˈnɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾuˈnɛl/ [ku.ɾuˈnɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾuˈnɛl/ [ku.ɾuˈnɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾuˈnɛ.li/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: co‧ro‧nel

Noun

coronel m (plural coronéis, feminine coronela, feminine plural coronelas)

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

Related terms

• coronelato
• coronelismo

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: goloneegi

Further reading

• “coronel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “coronel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cnel. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Probably from Middle French colonel, from Italian colonnello, or alternatively from Old Occitan coronel, from a diminutive of Latin columna, becoming influenced by corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈnel/ [ko.ɾoˈnel]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: co‧ro‧nel

Noun

coronel m (plural coroneles, feminine coronel or coronela, feminine plural coroneles or coronelas)

1. colonel

Derived terms

• Coronel Pringles
• Coronel Suárez
• teniente coronel

Descendants

• → Tagalog: koronel

Further reading

• “coronel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025