colonne

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French colonne. Doublet of column and kolom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈlɔnə/

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• Hyphenation: co‧lon‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɔnə

Noun

colonne f (plural colonnes, diminutive colonnetje n)

1. (military) column
2. (architecture) column, pillar, sile

Synonyms

• (architecture): kolom, pilaar, zuil

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolone

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French colonne, columne, from Latin columna. Doublet of colombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔn/

• Audio:

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Noun

colonne f (plural colonnes)

1. (architecture) column, pillar (cylindrical part of a structure, for support)
2. (computing) column (vertical part of a table or grid)
3. (journalism) column
4. (chess) file

Derived terms

• colonne éruptive
• colonne vertébrale
• colonne volcanique

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: colonne
• → German: Kolonne

Further reading

• “colonne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

colonne f

1. plural of colonna

Norman

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

colonne f (plural colonnes)

1. (Jersey) column