See also: Coronel

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Etymology 1 edit

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

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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 edit

Noun edit

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;

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Etymology edit

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

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coronel m (plural coronels)

  1. colonel

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Galician edit

Pronunciation edit

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

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

  1. colonel

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coronel m (plural coronels)

  1. (Jersey) colonel

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Etymology edit

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).

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

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

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

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  • Kadiwéu: goloneegi

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Etymology edit

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

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  • IPA(key): /koɾoˈnel/ [ko.ɾoˈnel]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: co‧ro‧nel

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

  1. colonel

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