colon
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.lən/, /ˈkəʊ.lɒn/
- (US) enPR: kō'lən, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.lən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlən
NounEdit
- The punctuation mark "'".
- 2005, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Penguin Press, page 15:
- A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause.
- (rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
- (palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
SynonymsEdit
- (punctuation mark): colon-point (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( ] [ )
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin cŏlon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.lən/, /ˈkəʊ.lɒn/
- (US) enPR: kō'lən, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊlən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlən
NounEdit
colon (plural colons or cola or coli)
- (anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
HolonymsEdit
- (segment of digestive system): large intestine, large bowel
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon (plural colons)
- (obsolete) A husbandman.
- A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 28:
- The reaction of the European colons, a mixture of shock and fear, was to demand further draconian measures and to suspend any suggestion of new reforms.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 28:
Alternative formsEdit
Further readingEdit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050326041700/http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/colon.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.
- colon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- colon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- colon at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ^ “colon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ “colon”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural cólones)
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural colons, feminine colona)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “colon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
EsperantoEdit
NounEdit
colon
- accusative singular of colo
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin colōnus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural colons)
- colonist, colonizer
- settler (in a French colony)
- Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.
- Sous les auspices du dictateur A. Cornelius Cossus, les Romains viennent de remporter une victoire sur leurs voisins Volsques, Latins et Herniques, associés aux colons romains en rébellion de Circéi et Vélitrae.
- Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.
- camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
- José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.
- Une fois encore, ils me ramènant à mon enfance, aux colonies de vacances. Aves les autres petits colons, mes frères et moi trottions sur les chemins de traverse pour aller jouer dans les près ou à la rivière.
- José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.
- sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
- (vulgar, Canada) hillbilly, hick
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See côlon.
NounEdit
colon
- Misspelling of côlon.
Further readingEdit
- “colon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
Derived termsEdit
- mon colon (interjection)
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
colon (uncountable)
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon m (invariable)
Derived termsEdit
- colectomia
- colite
- colon ascendente
- colon discendente
- colon sigmoideo
- colon trasverso
- colonscopia
- colostomia
- sindrome del colon irritabile
Etymology 2Edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cōlon, from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural cola)
- colon (punctuation mark)
Etymology 3Edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colón.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural colones)
- Alternative form of colón
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
colon n (genitive colī); second declension
- (anatomy) The colon; large intestine
- colic, a disease of the colon
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | colon | cola |
Genitive | colī | colōrum |
Dative | colō | colīs |
Accusative | colon | cola |
Ablative | colō | colīs |
Vocative | colon | cola |
DescendantsEdit
- → English: colon
Etymology 2Edit
From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cōlon n (genitive cōlī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōlon | cōla |
Genitive | cōlī | cōlōrum |
Dative | cōlō | cōlīs |
Accusative | cōlon | cōla |
Ablative | cōlō | cōlīs |
Vocative | cōlon | cōla |
SynonymsEdit
- (member of a verse): membrum
DescendantsEdit
- → English: colon
ReferencesEdit
- “colon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “colon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
colon m (plural coloni)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin cōlon, from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).
NounEdit
colon m (plural cólones)
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin cŏlon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon).
NounEdit
colon m (plural cólones)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “colon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014