kolos
English
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editkolos
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editCzech
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editNoun
editkolos m anim
- colossus (large man)
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editNoun
editkolos m inan
- colossus (large statue or object)
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editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). Cognate with French colosse, German Koloss.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkolos c (singular definite kolossen, plural indefinite kolosser)
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editDeclension of kolos
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kolos | kolossen | kolosser | kolosserne |
genitive | kolos' | kolossens | kolossers | kolossernes |
Synonyms
edit- (any creature or thing of gigantic size): gigant, mastodont, sværvægter
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edit- kolos on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Middle French colosse or otherwise directly from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkolos m (plural kolossen, diminutive kolosje n)
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editKarao
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editkolos
Latvian
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editkolos m
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin colossus.
Noun
editkolos m animal or m inan
- (sculpture) colossus (statue of gigantic size)
- Hypernym: posąg
- 1896, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis[1], ch. 29:
- Czyś był na Rodos oglądać miejsce, gdzie stał kolos?
- Were you at Rodos to look at the place where the colussus stood?
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editDeclension of kolos
Noun
editkolos m animal or m inan
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editDeclension of kolos
Noun
editkolos m pers
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editDeclension of kolos
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editadjective
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Etymology 2
editNoun
editkolos m animal or m inan
- (education, university slang) midterm exam conducted mainly by a university
- Synonyms: kolo, kolokwium, sprawdzian
Declension
editDeclension of kolos
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