колона

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colonna, probably via German Kolonne or Russian колонна (kolonna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈɫɔnɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

коло́на • (kolóna) f

1. column (upright supporting member)

Declension

Declension of коло́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	коло́на kolóna	коло́ни kolóni
definite	коло́ната kolónata	коло́ните kolónite

References

• “колона”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɫɔna]

Noun

колона • (kolona) f

1. column (as opposed to row)

Declension

Declension of колона

	singular	plural
indefinite	колона	колони
definite unspecified	колоната	колоните
definite proximal	колонава	колониве
definite distal	колонана	колонине
vocative	колоно	колони

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian colonna, from Latin columna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolǒːna/
• Hyphenation: ко‧ло‧на

Noun

коло́на f (Latin spelling kolóna)

1. column (of soldiers, vehicles, people, animals, objects etc.)
2. column (vertical line of entries in a table)

Declension

Declension of колона

	singular	plural
nominative	колона	колоне
genitive	колоне	колона
dative	колони	колонама
accusative	колону	колоне
vocative	колоно	колоне
locative	колони	колонама
instrumental	колоном	колонама

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• коло́на: IPA^(key): [kɔˈɫɔnɐ] (etymologies 1 and 2)
• ко́лона: IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɫɔnɐ] (etymology 3)

• Audio; “коло́на” (“kolóna”):

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Etymology 1

Derived via Western European languages from Latin columna.

Noun

коло́на • (kolóna) f inan (genitive коло́ни, nominative plural коло́ни, genitive plural коло́н, relational adjective коло́нний, diminutive коло́нка)

1. (architecture) column

   Synonym: стовп m (stovp)

2. (chiefly military) column (linear arrangement of soldiers, vehicles, etc.)
3. column (of text, numbers, etc.)

   Synonyms: коло́нка f (kolónka), стовпе́ць m (stovpécʹ), сто́впчик m (stóvpčyk), шпа́льта f (špálʹta)

4. column (something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above)

Declension

Declension of коло́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	коло́на kolóna	коло́ни kolóny
genitive	коло́ни kolóny	коло́н kolón
dative	коло́ні kolóni	коло́нам kolónam
accusative	коло́ну kolónu	коло́ни kolóny
instrumental	коло́ною kolónoju	коло́нами kolónamy
locative	коло́ні kolóni	коло́нах kolónax
vocative	коло́но kolóno	коло́ни kolóny

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

коло́на • (kolóna) m inan

1. genitive singular of коло́н (kolón)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ко́лона • (kólona) m inan

1. genitive singular of ко́лон (kólon)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “колона”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “колона”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “колона”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “колона”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “колона”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “колона”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “колона”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)