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col

See also: Appendix:Variations of "col"

English edit

 
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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)

  1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
    Synonym: (South Africa) nek
    Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause
    • 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.
  2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
    Synonym: saddle point
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Translations edit

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Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation

Noun edit

col (plural cols)

  1. Clipping of column.
  2. 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)

  1. with the

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

col f (plural cols)

  1. cabbage

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Crimean Tatar edit

Noun edit

col (Northern dialect)

  1. road, way

Usage notes edit

  • Literary form: yol

Declension edit

Declension of col
nominative col
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

  1. that

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)

  1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar
    Synonym: kraag
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Noun edit

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, Belgium) (sports) mountain pass
    Synonym: bergpas

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French colle.

Noun edit

col f (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Belgium) glue
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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

col m (plural cols)

  1. (clothing) collar
  2. (geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)
  3. (anatomy, dated) neck
    Synonym: cou
  4. neck (of objects, vases etc.)
    le col d’une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle

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Descendants edit

  • → Hausa: kwal

Further reading edit

Galician edit

 
Coles or verzas

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]

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Noun edit

col f (plural coles)

  1. collard; wild mustard, wild cabbage; kale; Brassica oleracea var. acephala
    Synonyms: coella, verza

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References edit

  • “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “coles” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “couues” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “col” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “col” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “col”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Zoll.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sol]
  • Hyphenation: col
  • Rhymes: -ol

Noun edit

col (plural colok)

  1. inch
    Synonym: hüvelyk

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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

  1. ^ 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)

  1. prohibition
  2. sin, lust
  3. violation
  4. dislike
  5. incest
    Synonyms: ciorrú coil, corbadh
  6. relation, relationship
Declension edit
Declension of col

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative col colanna
Vocative a choil a cholanna
Genitive coil colanna
Dative col colanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an col na colanna
Genitive an choil na gcolanna
Dative leis an gcol

don chol

leis na colanna

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From French col (“neck”).

Noun edit

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

  1. (geography) col
Declension edit
Declension of col

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative col coil
Vocative a choil a chola
Genitive coil col
Dative col coil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an col na coil
Genitive an choil na gcol
Dative leis an gcol

don chol

leis na coil

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

Italian edit

Contraction edit

col

  1. contraction of con il; with the

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)

  1. cabbage, kale, colewort

Descendants edit

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Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French col, from Latin collum.

Noun edit

col m (plural cols)

  1. (anatomy) the neck

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)

  1. cool (not hot or warm)
Declension edit
Declension of cōl — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
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
Declension of cōl — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōla cōle cōle
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōle
Genitive cōlan cōlan cōlan
Dative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Instrumental cōlan cōlan cōlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Genitive cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena
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

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
Declension edit
Declension of col (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative col colu
accusative col colu
genitive coles cola
dative cole colum
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)

  1. (anatomy) neck

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Descendants edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *kulɸom.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

col n (genitive cuil)

  1. sin, violation

Inflection edit

Neuter o-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: col
  • Scottish Gaelic: col (“incest”)

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish col (“sin”).

Noun edit

col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)

  1. incest

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cȏl m (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)

  1. inch

Declension edit

Declension of col
singular plural
nominative col colovi
genitive cola colova
dative colu colovima
accusative col colove
vocative cole colovi
locative colu colovima
instrumental col colovima

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkol/ [ˈkol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: col

Noun edit

col f (plural coles)

  1. cabbage
    Synonyms: berza, repollo

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Tocharian B edit

Adjective edit

col

  1. wild

Vilamovian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cōl m (plural cōln)

  1. inch (unit of measure)
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