Ancient Egyptian columns in Philae (Egypt) Corinthian columns in temple of Bel (Syria) Columns in typography Etymology
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From Middle English columne , columpne , columpe , borrowed from Old French columne , from Latin columna ( “ a column, pillar, post ” ) , originally a collateral form of columen , contraction culmen ( “ a pillar, top, crown, summit ” ) . Akin to Latin collis ( “ a hill ” ) , celsus ( “ high ” ) , probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών ( kolophṓn , “ top, summit ” ) .
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column (plural columns )
( architecture ) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam , but sometimes for decoration .
A vertical line of entries in a table , usually read from top to bottom .
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page .
It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns .
A unit of width , especially of advertisements , in a periodical , equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
( by extension ) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme .
His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL , number 1000 , page 60 :I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about.
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column .
1892 , James Yoxall , chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid :The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
( botany ) The gynostemium
(chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds. Synonyms
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( line of table entries ) : row ( which is horizontal ) Hypernyms
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( upright structure ) : beam Derived terms
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Translations
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upright supporting structure
Aklanon: haligi
Albanian: kolonë (sq) f
Arabic: عَمُود m ( ʕamūd )
Egyptian Arabic: عمود m ( ʕamūd )
Hijazi Arabic: عامود m ( ʕāmūd )
Armenian: սյուն (hy) ( syun )
Old Armenian: սիւն ( siwn )
Azerbaijani: sütun (az)
Bashkir: бағана ( bağana ) ; баған ( bağan ) ( Eastern Bashkir )
Basque: habe (eu) , zutabe
Belarusian: кало́на f ( kalóna ) , слуп m ( slup )
Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f ( kolóna ) , стълб (bg) m ( stǎlb )
Burmese: တိုင် (my) ( tuing )
Catalan: columna (ca) f
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 柱子 (zh) ( zhùzi ) , 柱 (zh) ( zhù ) , 梁柱 (zh) ( liángzhù )
Coptic: ⲥⲧⲩⲗⲏ m ( stulē ) , ϫⲱⲧ f ( čōt )
Czech: sloup (cs) m
Dalmatian: chilauna f
Danish: søjle (da) c
Dutch: kolom (nl) m or f
Egyptian: (jwn m ), (wḫꜣ m ), (ꜥꜣ m )
Esperanto: kolono (eo)
Estonian: sammas (et)
Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 class inanimate ( fala )
Faroese: stólpi m
Finnish: pylväs (fi)
French: colonne (fr)
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: columna (gl) f
Ge'ez: ዐምድ ( ʿämd )
Georgian: სვეტი ( sveṭi ) , ბოძი ( boʒi )
German: Säule (de) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 f ( sauls )
Greek: στήλη (el) f ( stíli )
Ancient: στῦλος m ( stûlos ) , κίων m or f ( kíōn )
Hebrew: עַמּוּד (he) m ( amúd )
Hindi: स्तंभ (hi) m ( stambh )
Hungarian: oszlop (hu)
Ingrian: patsas
Irish: colún m
Italian: colonna (it) f
Japanese: 柱 (ja) ( はしら, hashira )
Javanese: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: бағана ( bağana ) , тірек ( tırek )
Khmer: សសរ (km) ( sɑsɑɑ )
Korean: 기둥 (ko) ( gidung )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: stûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: түркүк (ky) ( türkük ) , столб (ky) ( stolb ) , колонна ( kolonna )
Lao: ເສົາ (lo) ( sao )
Latin: columna f
Latvian: kolonna f
Lithuanian: kolona (lt) f
Lü: ᦉᧁ ( ṡaw )
Macedonian: столб m ( stolb )
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: pou , tumu
Mazanderani: شلمن
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: багана (mn) ( bagana )
Nanai: тора ( tora )
Norman: colonne f
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søyle (no) m or f
Nynorsk: søyle f
Occitan: colomna (oc)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Ottoman Turkish: ستون ( sütun ) , دیرك ( direk )
Persian: ستون (fa) ( sotun )
Piedmontese: colòna f
Polish: kolumna (pl) f , słup (pl) m
Portuguese: coluna (pt)
Rohingya: fala
Romagnol: clôna f , culôna f
Romanian: coloană (ro) , pilar , columnă (ro) , stâlp (ro)
Russian: коло́нна (ru) f ( kolónna ) , столб (ru) m ( stolb )
Scottish Gaelic: colbh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сту̑п m , сту̑б m
Roman: stȗp (sh) m , stȗb (sh) m
Slovak: stĺp m
Slovene: steber (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: słup m
Spanish: columna (es) f
Swedish: kolonn (sv) c , pelare (sv) c
Tajik: сутун (tg) ( sutun )
Tatar: багана (tt) ( bağana )
Tetum: riin
Thai: เสา (th) ( sǎo )
Turkish: kolon (tr) , sütun (tr)
Turkmen: sütün
Ukrainian: коло́на f ( kolóna ) , стовп m ( stovp )
Uyghur: تۈۋرۈك ( tüwrük )
Uzbek: ustun (uz) , stolba (uz) , kolonna (uz)
Vietnamese: cột (vi)
Volapük: kolum
Zazaki: estûn
Zhuang: saeu
vertical line of entries in a table
Arabic: عَمُود m ( ʕamūd )
Armenian: սյունակ (hy) ( syunak )
Bashkir: бағана ( bağana )
Belarusian: кало́нка f ( kalónka ) , калёнка f ( kaljónka ) , графа́ f ( hrafá ) , слупо́к m ( slupók )
Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f ( kolóna ) , графа́ f ( grafá )
Burmese: တိုင် (my) c ( tuing )
Catalan: columna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 列 (zh) ( liè ) , 行 (zh) ( háng ) ( Taiwan, means "row" in mainland China )
Czech: sloupec m
Dutch: kolom (nl) m
Esperanto: kolumno
Estonian: veerg
Finnish: sarake (fi)
French: colonne (fr) f
German: Spalte (de) f
Greek: στήλη (el) f ( stíli )
Hungarian: oszlop (hu)
Ingrian: patsas
Irish: colún m
Italian: colonna (it) f
Japanese: 列 (ja) ( れつ, retsu ) , カラム (ja) ( karamu ) , コラム ( koramu )
Korean: 열(列) (ko) ( yeol ) , 렬(列) (ko) ( ryeol ) ( North Korea ) , 칼럼 (ko) ( kalleom ) , 세로단 ( serodan )
Macedonian: колона f ( kolona )
Malay: lajur
Maori: tīwae
Norman: colonne f
Persian: ستون (fa) ( sotun )
Polish: kolumna (pl) f
Portuguese: coluna (pt) f
Romanian: coloană (ro) f
Russian: коло́нка (ru) f ( kolónka ) , графа́ (ru) f ( grafá ) , столбе́ц (ru) m ( stolbéc )
Scottish Gaelic: colbh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сту́бац m , сту́пац m
Roman: stúbac (sh) m , stúpac (sh) m
Slovak: stĺpec m
Slovene: stolpec (sl) m
Spanish: columna (es) f
Swedish: kolonn (sv) c ( in maths ) , kolumn (sv) c ( general )
Tagalog: tudling
Thai: สดมภ์ (th) ( sà-dom )
Ukrainian: коло́нка f ( kolónka ) , графа́ f ( hrafá ) , сто́впчик m ( stóvpčyk )
a vertical body of text
Arabic: خَانَة f ( ḵāna )
Armenian: սյունակ (hy) ( syunak )
Bashkir: бағана ( bağana )
Belarusian: слупо́к m ( slupók ) , кало́нка f ( kalónka ) , шпа́льта f ( špálʹta ) , графа́ f ( hrafá ) , калёнка f ( kaljónka )
Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f ( kolóna ) , шпа́лта f ( špálta )
Burmese: ဒေါင်လိုက် စာပိုဒ် c ( daungluik capuid )
Catalan: corondell m , columna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欄 / 栏 (zh) ( lán ) , 列 (zh) ( liè )
Czech: sloupec m
Danish: klumme c
Dutch: kolom (nl)
Esperanto: kolumno
Finnish: palsta (fi)
French: colonne (fr) f
German: Spalte (de) f , Druckspalte f , Kolumne (de) f
Hungarian: hasáb (hu)
Irish: colún m
Japanese: 段 (ja) ( だん, dan )
Korean: 단(段) (ko) ( dan )
Macedonian: шпалта f ( špalta ) , колона f ( kolona )
Maori: tīwae
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spalte (no) m
Nynorsk: spalt f
Portuguese: coluna (pt) f
Russian: столбе́ц (ru) m ( stolbéc ) , графа́ (ru) f ( grafá ) , коло́нка (ru) f ( kolónka )
Slovak: stĺpec m
Slovene: stolpec (sl) m
Spanish: columna (es) f
Swedish: kolumn (sv) c , spalt (sv) c
Ukrainian: коло́нка f ( kolónka ) , графа́ f ( hrafá ) , сто́впчик m ( stóvpčyk ) , шпа́льта m ( špálʹta )
newspaper column
Arabic: عَمُود f ( ʕamūd )
Armenian: սյունակ (hy) ( syunak )
Bashkir: бағана ( bağana )
Belarusian: кало́нка f ( kalónka ) , слупо́к m ( slupók ) , калёнка f ( kaljónka )
Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f ( kolóna )
Burmese: ကော်လံ (my) ( kaulam ) , စာမျက်နှာ ကော်လံ c ( ca-myakhna kaulam )
Catalan: columna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專欄 / 专栏 (zh) ( zhuānlán )
Czech: sloupek (cs) m
Danish: klumme c , avisklumme c
Esperanto: kolumno
Estonian: veerg , leheveerg
Finnish: palsta (fi) , kolumni (fi)
German: Kolumne (de) f
Greek: στήλη (el) f ( stíli )
Hebrew: טוּר (he) m ( tur )
Hungarian: hasáb (hu)
Indonesian: kolom (id)
Irish: colún m , colún páipéir m
Italian: colonna (it) f
Japanese: コラム ( koramu )
Korean: 원고(原稿) (ko) ( won'go ) , 칼럼 (ko) ( kalleom )
Macedonian: колумна f ( kolumna )
Malay: kolum
Maori: tīwae
Persian: ستون (fa) ( sotun )
Polish: kolumna (pl) f
Portuguese: coluna (pt) f
Romanian: coloană (ro) f
Russian: коло́нка (ru) f ( kolónka ) , разде́л (ru) m ( razdél )
Scottish Gaelic: colbh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колу̀мна f
Roman: kolùmna (sh) f
Slovak: stĺpček m
Slovene: kolumna f
Spanish: columna (es) f
Swedish: kolumn (sv) c , spalt (sv) c
Thai: คอลัมน์ (th) ( kɔɔ-lâm )
Ukrainian: коло́нка f ( kolónka )
recurring feature in a periodical
chemistry : object to separate components
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“column ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913, →OCLC .
“column ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911, →OCLC .
Etymology
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Borrowed from English column , from Middle English columne , borrowed from Old French columne , from Latin columna ( “ a column, pillar, post ” ) , originally a collateral form of columen , contraction culmen ( “ a pillar, top, crown, summit ” ) . Doublet of kolom and holm .
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column m (plural columns )
A recurring opinion piece in a newspaper or magazine; a column
Hypernym: opiniestuk
Hyponym: cursiefje Related terms
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