cola
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English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.lə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊlə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə
Etymology 1
editFrom a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.
Alternative forms
edit- (the plant or nut): kola
Noun
editcola (countable and uncountable, plural colas)
- The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
- A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Korean: 콜라 (kolla)
Translations
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See also
editEtymology 2
editSee colon.
Noun
editcola
- (dated) plural of colon
- 2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai[1]:
- In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.
Etymology 3
editNoun
editcola (plural colas)
Anagrams
editAdai
editNoun
editcola
- yes.
Asturian
editEtymology
editFrom a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).
Pronunciation
editContraction
editcola f (masculine col, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)
Catalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare French colle, Portuguese and Spanish cola, Italian colla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f (plural coles)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English cola, in turn from an undetermined Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f (plural coles)
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcola
- inflection of colar:
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English cola, from the fizzy drink Coca Cola; the second part was named after the kola nuts that are used as an ingredient.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola m (plural cola's, diminutive colaatje n)
- cola (drink)
- Superseded spelling of kola.
Derived terms
editFijian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcola
- carry (on the shoulders)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcola
- Alternative form of kola (“cola”)
Declension
editInflection of cola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cola | colat | |
genitive | colan | colien | |
partitive | colaa | colia | |
illative | colaan | coliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cola | colat | |
accusative | nom. | cola | colat |
gen. | colan | ||
genitive | colan | colien colain rare | |
partitive | colaa | colia | |
inessive | colassa | colissa | |
elative | colasta | colista | |
illative | colaan | coliin | |
adessive | colalla | colilla | |
ablative | colalta | colilta | |
allative | colalle | colille | |
essive | colana | colina | |
translative | colaksi | coliksi | |
abessive | colatta | colitta | |
instructive | — | colin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editcola m (plural colas)
- cola (drink)
Further reading
edit- “cola”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology 1
editFrom Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Spanish cola, French colle, Italian colla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f (plural colas)
- glue
- 1433, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 493:
- yten hordenamos e por ben temos que ningún, nen alguos oficiaas que labrar contas ou fezer labrar ou vender de azabache, que non seja ousado de soldar, nen juntar peça nenhua, conben a saver, ymagen de santiago, nen crucifixo, nen conchas, nen contas, nen sortellas, nen outra pesa nenhua que seja quebrada con betume, nen con cola, nen con solda, nen quon outra cousa
- item, we order and pleases us that no one, neither some officials who carve beans or order to carve or sell jet, should dare to solder not joint any piece, that is: neither image of Saint James, nor crucifix, nor shells, nor beans, nor rings, nor any other broken thing, with bitumen, nor glue, nor solder, nor with any other thing
- adhesive
Etymology 2
editFrom Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Doublet of cúa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f (plural colas)
- tail
- Synonym: rabo
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 134:
- desla çintura arriba cõmo fegura de omẽ, et dende ajuso cõmo de peyxe cõ escamas et sua cola
- from the waist upwards as the figure of a man, and from them down as that of a fish, with scales and its tail
- train (elongated back portion of a dress)
- c. 1885, Jenaro Mariñas, A Moda:
- Pois señor, eu paso pola calle e vou de présa: tripo unha cola dunha señorita; eu caio, ela cai; o pai que vai con ela, dáme de paus co bastón; un meu compañeiro, que tampouco pode ver esas modas, sai na miña defensa; eu levántome e axúdolle; a nena dá gritos; os serenos acoden; nós non lle facemos caso; a xente vén correndo a ve-lo que pasa, repítese entre ela o que a min xa me pasou; caien uns enriba doutros, e hai confusión, e aies, e berros, e paresce que toda aquela calle está chea de demos que andan arrincando as lousas pra irse pró inferno. Resultado: un escadrón de caballería sai a despexar a calle, e nos vamos direitos á prevención.
- "Well, then I'm walking down the street in a hurry: I trip on a young lady's train; I fall, she falls; her father, which is by her side, strikes me some blows with his canes; a companion of mine, who also can't stand these fashions, comes to defend me; I stand up and help him; the girl shouts; the guards come; we don't acknowledge them; people come at the run to see what's going on, and it happens to them what has happened to me; they fall ones on top of the others, and there is confusion and laments and shouts, and it seems that the street is full with demons who are pulling out the flagstones to get to hell. Result: a cavalry squadron comes to clear the street, and we go direct to jail."
- queue
- Synonym: fila
Etymology 3
editUltimately from a Niger-Congo language, or from Sudanese.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f (plural colas)
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cola”, 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), “cola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcola
- inflection of colare:
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editcōlā
References
edit- cola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old English
editNoun
editcola
Pali
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editcola m
Declension
editCase \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | colo | colā |
Accusative (second) | colaṃ | cole |
Instrumental (third) | colena | colehi or colebhi |
Dative (fourth) | colassa or colāya or colatthaṃ | colānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | colasmā or colamhā or colā | colehi or colebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | colassa | colānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | colasmiṃ or colamhi or cole | colesu |
Vocative (calling) | cola | colā |
References
edit- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cola”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language. Genericized trademark.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcola f
- cola (any kind of soft drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel, and carbonated water)
- Coca-Cola drink
- Synonym: coca-cola
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- cola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: co‧la
Etymology 1
editFrom Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Spanish cola, French colle, Italian colla.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
Etymology 2
editFrom Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Doublet of cauda, a borrowing.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
- (dated or dialectal) tail
- track, trail (of someone or something to be followed)
- Synonym: rasto
- A polícia está na cola dele. ― The police is on his tail.
- (Brazil, slang) cheat sheet, a copy of content used to help to complete a school or university test, often illegally
- Synonym: (Portugal) cábula
Etymology 3
editFrom a Niger-Congo language, or from Sudanese.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
Related terms
editEtymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcola
- inflection of colar:
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editcola m (plural cola)
- cola (drink)
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue and Italian coda.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
- (anatomy) tail
- Synonym: rabo
- line (US), queue (UK)
- Synonym: fila
- (aviation) empennage, aircraft tail
- (clothing) train (long back section of a gown)
- (astronomy) coma (a comet's tail)
- Synonym: coma
- (computing, informatics) queue
- (slightly vulgar) ass, the buttocks
- (slightly vulgar) the penis
- (Chile, LGBT, sometimes pejorative) gayboy, homo
- Synonym: colihue
Derived terms
edit- a la cola
- bata de cola
- cola de alacrán
- cola de caballo
- cola de gallo
- cola de golondrina
- cola de lagarto
- cola de león
- cola de milano
- cola de paja
- cola de pato
- cola de perro
- cola de pescado
- cola de rata
- cola de ratón
- cola de zorra
- colero
- coleta
- coliblanco
- colilla
- colista
- con la cola entre las patas
- furgón de cola
- hacer cola
- pescadilla que se muerde la cola
- piano de cola
- piano de media cola
- vagón de cola
Etymology 2
editInherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla). Cognate to Portuguese cola, Italian colla, French colle.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
Usage notes
edit- This kind of glue cola refers to the natural paste kind made from horse hooves or other animal body parts only, not the synthetic kind.
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom a Niger-Congo language.
Noun
editcola f (plural colas)
- (drink) Ellipsis of bebida de cola (“cola”).
- (nut) kola
- (tree) kola tree
Derived terms
editEtymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcola
- inflection of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”):
Further reading
edit- “cola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
editVietnamese
editNoun
editcola
- cola (drink)
Xhosa
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
edit-cola?
- (transitive) to grind
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
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