kolonel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kolonel, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʊə̯.lʊə̯ˈnɛl/

Noun

kolonel (plural kolonels)

1. colonel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested 1548, 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 compagna colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“going around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoː.loːˈnɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧nel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

kolonel m (plural kolonels, diminutive kolonelletje n)

1. colonel, the military rank
2. (printing, dated) A size of type between insertio and petit, standardized as 7 point.

Derived terms

• dubbel kolonel
• kolonel-generaal
• kolonel-majoor
• kolonel-titulair
• kolonelsbewind
• kolonelschap
• kolonelscoup
• kolonelsregime

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kolonel

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colonel or English colonel.

Noun

kolonel (genitive koloneli, partitive koloneli)

1. colonel

Inflection

Inflection of kolonel (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolonel	kolonelid
accusative	koloneli	kolonelid
genitive	koloneli	kolonelide
partitive	koloneli	kolonele kolonelisid
illative	koloneli kolonelisse	kolonelidesse kolonelesse
inessive	kolonelis	kolonelides koloneles
elative	kolonelist	kolonelidest kolonelest
allative	kolonelile	kolonelidele kolonelele
adessive	kolonelil	kolonelidel kolonelel
ablative	kolonelilt	kolonelidelt kolonelelt
translative	koloneliks	kolonelideks koloneleks
terminative	kolonelini	kolonelideni
essive	kolonelina	kolonelidena
abessive	kolonelita	kolonelideta
comitative	koloneliga	kolonelidega

Derived terms

• kolonelleitnant