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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.

Noun

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col (plural cols)

  1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
    Synonym: (South Africa) nek
    Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause
    • 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:
      We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.
    • 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344:
      I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.
    • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:
      Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.
  2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
    Synonym: saddle point
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Translations
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation

Noun

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col (plural cols)

  1. Clipping of column.
  2. Abbreviation of color.

Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

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col m (feminine cola, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

  1. with the

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).

Noun

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col f (plural cols)

  1. cabbage
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Etymology 2

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From Latin coagulum. Doublet of quall and coàgul, a borrowing.

Noun

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col m (plural cols)

  1. (Pallars) wild cardoon (used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking)
    Synonym: card formatger
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Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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col (Northern dialect)

  1. road, way

Usage notes

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  • Literary form: yol

Declension

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Declension of col
nominative col
genitive colnıñ
dative colğa
accusative colnı
locative colda
ablative coldan

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *cu illu, contracted from the accusative of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.

Pronoun

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col

  1. that

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

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col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar
    Synonym: kraag
  2. turtleneck (high, close-fitting collar)
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Noun

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col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass
    Synonym: bergpas

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French colle.

Noun

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col f (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Belgium) glue
    Synonym: lijm
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.

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Noun

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col m (plural cols)

  1. (clothing) collar
  2. (geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)
  3. (anatomy, dated) neck
    Synonym: cou
  4. neck (of objects, vases etc.)
    le col d’une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle

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Descendants

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  • → Hausa: kwal

Further reading

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Galician

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Coles or verzas

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese col (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from an older unattested *coule, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Portuguese couve and Spanish col.[1]

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Noun

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col f (plural coles)

  1. collard; wild mustard, wild cabbage; kale; Brassica oleracea var. acephala
    Synonyms: coella, verza

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “col”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Zoll.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sol]
  • Hyphenation: col
  • Rhymes: -ol

Noun

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col (plural colok)

  1. inch
    Synonym: hüvelyk

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative col colok
accusative colt colokat
dative colnak coloknak
instrumental collal colokkal
causal-final colért colokért
translative collá colokká
terminative colig colokig
essive-formal colként colokként
essive-modal — —
inessive colban colokban
superessive colon colokon
adessive colnál coloknál
illative colba colokba
sublative colra colokra
allative colhoz colokhoz
elative colból colokból
delative colról colokról
ablative coltól coloktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		colé coloké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		coléi colokéi
Possessive forms of col
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. colom coljaim
2nd person sing. colod coljaid
3rd person sing. colja coljai
1st person plural colunk coljaink
2nd person plural colotok coljaitok
3rd person plural coljuk coljaik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • col in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • col in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish col, from Proto-Celtic *kulom.

Noun

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col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural colanna)

  1. prohibition
  2. sin, lust
  3. violation
  4. dislike
  5. incest
    Synonyms: ciorrú coil, corbadh
  6. relation, relationship
Declension
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Declension of col (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative col colanna
vocative a choil a cholanna
genitive coil colanna
dative col colanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an col na colanna
genitive an choil na gcolanna
dative leis an gcol
don chol 		leis na colanna
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Etymology 2

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From French col (“neck”).

Noun

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col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

  1. (geography) col
Declension
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Declension of col (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative col coil
vocative a choil a chola
genitive coil col
dative col coil
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an col na coil
genitive an choil na gcol
dative leis an gcol
don chol 		leis na coil

Mutation

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Mutated forms of col
radical lenition eclipsis
col chol gcol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Italian

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Contraction

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col

  1. contraction of con il; with the

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English cāl, variant of cawel, borrowed from Latin caulis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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col (plural coles)

  1. cabbage, kale, colewort

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French col, from Latin collum.

Noun

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col m (plural cols)

  1. (anatomy) the neck

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī). Cognate with Old High German kuoli.

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Adjective

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cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

  1. cool (not hot or warm)
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Declension of cōl — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōl cōl cōl
Accusative cōlne cōle cōl
Genitive cōles cōlre cōles
Dative cōlum cōlre cōlum
Instrumental cōle cōlre cōle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōle cōla, cōle cōl
Accusative cōle cōla, cōle cōl
Genitive cōlra cōlra cōlra
Dative cōlum cōlum cōlum
Instrumental cōlum cōlum cōlum
Declension of cōl — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōla cōle cōle
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōle
Genitive cōlan cōlan cōlan
Dative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Instrumental cōlan cōlan cōlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Accusative cōlan cōlan cōlan
Genitive cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena cōlra, cōlena
Dative cōlum cōlum cōlum
Instrumental cōlum cōlum cōlum
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *kol. Cognate with Old Frisian kole, Old High German kolo, Old Norse kol.

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Noun

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col n

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
Declension
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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative col colu
accusative col colu
genitive coles cola
dative cole colum
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Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin collum. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese colo and Old Spanish cuello.

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Noun

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col oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous or cox or cols, nominative singular cous or cox or cols, nominative plural col)

  1. (anatomy) neck
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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kulɸom.

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Noun

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col n (genitive cuil)

  1. sin, violation

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative colN colN colL, cola
Vocative colN colN colL, cola
Accusative colN colN colL, cola
Genitive cuilL col colN
Dative colL colaib colaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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Descendants

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  • Irish: col
  • Scottish Gaelic: col (“incest”)

Mutation

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Mutation of col
radical lenition nasalization
col chol col
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish col (“sin”).

Noun

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col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)

  1. incest

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Zoll.

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Noun

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cȏl m (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)

  1. inch

Declension

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Declension of col
singular plural
nominative col colovi
genitive cola colova
dative colu colovima
accusative col colove
vocative cole colovi
locative colu colovima
instrumental col colovima
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”). Cognate with English cole and chou.

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Noun

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col f (plural coles)

  1. cabbage
    Synonyms: berza, repollo

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Tocharian B

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Adjective

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col

  1. wild

Vilamovian

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Noun

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cōl m (plural cōln)

  1. inch (unit of measure)
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