Colonel

See also: colonel

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

Colonel (plural Colonels)

1. (military) The military officer title.
   • 1899 March 31, Geo[rge] W[esley] Atkinson, “Status of Members of National Guard, Who were Volunteers In the Spanish War.—Correspondence Between Governor Atkinson and General [Baldwin Day] Spilman.”, in Public Addresses, Etc., of Geo. W. Atkinson, LL. D., D. C. L., Governor of West Virginia, During His Term of Office. […], [Charleston, W.Va.]: […] Public Printer, published 1901, →OCLC, page 291:

     Consequently the necessity for the reorganization of the Guard, during the ten months’ absence of yourself and Colonels Smith and Banks, could not have been averted under our present Military Code.

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English colonel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœʁnəl/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlənəl/ (sometimes; approaching an assumed English pronunciation)

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels or Colonel)

1. colonel; Colonel (in Anglo-Saxon armies)

Declension

Declension of Colonel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Colonel	die	Colonels, Colonel
genitive	eines	des	Colonels, Colonel	der	Colonels, Colonel
dative	einem	dem	Colonel	den	Colonels, Coloneln
accusative	einen	den	Colonel	die	Colonels, Colonel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colonel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔloˈnɛl/

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels)

1. colonel; Colonel (in Francophone armies)

Declension

Declension of Colonel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Colonel	die	Colonels
genitive	eines	des	Colonels, Colonel	der	Colonels
dative	einem	dem	Colonel	den	Colonels
accusative	einen	den	Colonel	die	Colonels

See also

• Oberst (the general word)

Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of colun (“wild donkey”).

Proper noun

Colonel m (genitive/dative lui Colonel)

1. a surname