col
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɒl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒl
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.
Noun
[edit]col (plural cols)
- (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
- 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:
- We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.
- 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344:
- I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.
- 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:
- Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.
- (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
- Synonym: saddle point
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]col on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
col (meteorology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
mountain pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
[edit]Abbreviation
Noun
[edit]col (plural cols)
- Clipping of column.
- Abbreviation of color.
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction
[edit]col m (feminine cola, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).
Noun
[edit]col f (plural cols)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin coagulum. Doublet of quall and coàgul, a borrowing.
Noun
[edit]col m (plural cols)
- (Pallars) wild cardoon (used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking)
- Synonym: card formatger
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “col” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “col”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “col” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “col” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Noun
[edit]col (Northern dialect)
Usage notes
[edit]- Literary form: yol
Declension
[edit]nominative | col |
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genitive | colnıñ |
dative | colğa |
accusative | colnı |
locative | colda |
ablative | coldan |
Dalmatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *cu illu, contracted from the accusative of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.
Pronoun
[edit]col
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).
Noun
[edit]col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]col f (uncountable)
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col m (plural cols)
- (clothing) collar
- (geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)
- (anatomy, dated) neck
- Synonym: cou
- neck (of objects, vases etc.)
- le col d’une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hausa: kwal
Further reading
[edit]- “col”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese col (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from an older unattested *coule, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Portuguese couve and Spanish col.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col f (plural coles)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “col”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coles”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couues”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “col”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “col”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “col”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “col”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col (plural colok)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | col | colok |
accusative | colt | colokat |
dative | colnak | coloknak |
instrumental | collal | colokkal |
causal-final | colért | colokért |
translative | collá | colokká |
terminative | colig | colokig |
essive-formal | colként | colokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | colban | colokban |
superessive | colon | colokon |
adessive | colnál | coloknál |
illative | colba | colokba |
sublative | colra | colokra |
allative | colhoz | colokhoz |
elative | colból | colokból |
delative | colról | colokról |
ablative | coltól | coloktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
colé | coloké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
coléi | colokéi |
Possessive forms of col | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | colom | coljaim |
2nd person sing. | colod | coljaid |
3rd person sing. | colja | coljai |
1st person plural | colunk | coljaink |
2nd person plural | colotok | coljaitok |
3rd person plural | coljuk | coljaik |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- col in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- col in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish col, from Proto-Celtic *kulom.
Noun
[edit]col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural colanna)
- prohibition
- sin, lust
- violation
- dislike
- incest
- Synonyms: ciorrú coil, corbadh
- relation, relationship
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)
Declension
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
col | chol | gcol |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “col”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “col”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Italian
[edit]Contraction
[edit]col
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English cāl, variant of cawel, borrowed from Latin caulis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col (plural coles)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “cōl, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French col, from Latin collum.
Noun
[edit]col m (plural cols)
Descendants
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī). Cognate with Old High German kuoli.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)
- cool (not hot or warm)
Declension
[edit]Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | cōl | cōl | cōl |
Accusative | cōlne | cōle | cōl |
Genitive | cōles | cōlre | cōles |
Dative | cōlum | cōlre | cōlum |
Instrumental | cōle | cōlre | cōle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cōle | cōla, cōle | cōl |
Accusative | cōle | cōla, cōle | cōl |
Genitive | cōlra | cōlra | cōlra |
Dative | cōlum | cōlum | cōlum |
Instrumental | cōlum | cōlum | cōlum |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *kol. Cognate with Old Frisian kole, Old High German kolo, Old Norse kol.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col n
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin collum. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese colo and Old Spanish cuello.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous or cox or cols, nominative singular cous or cox or cols, nominative plural col)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *kulɸom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col n (genitive cuil)
Inflection
[edit]Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | colN | colN | colL, cola |
Vocative | colN | colN | colL, cola |
Accusative | colN | colN | colL, cola |
Genitive | cuilL | col | colN |
Dative | colL | colaib | colaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
col | chol | col pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “col”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cȏl m (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”). Cognate with English cole and chou.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]col f (plural coles)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Taos: kùliʼína
Further reading
[edit]- “col”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tocharian B
[edit]Adjective
[edit]col
Vilamovian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]cōl m (plural cōln)
- inch (unit of measure)
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