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English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin colius, probably from Ancient Greek ?????? (koliós, “a kind of woodpecker”).

Noun

coly (plural colies)

1. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
   • 1999, Michael A. Mares, Mousebird, entry in Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 378,

     Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius and Colius) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.

Usage notes

Extant species of order Coliiformes are classified into the genera Colius and Urocolius, both in family Coliidae.

Synonyms

• (bird): mousebird

See also

• Coliiformes (order)
• Coliidae (family)

Anagrams

• cloy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/

Noun

col (plural cols)

1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.

   Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause
2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

   Synonym: saddle point

Translations

Further reading

• col on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• col (meteorology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mountain pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'loc, CLO, Clo, LOC, LoC, OCL, OLC, loc, loc.

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. with the

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin caulis, caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?l/

Noun

col f (plural cols)

1. cabbage

Derived terms

• colrave
• col de Brussel·les

Further reading

• “col” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “col” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “col” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “col” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cu illu < Latin eccum illum. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.

Pronoun

col

1. that

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/
• Hyphenation: col
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

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

Noun

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar

   Synonym: kraag

Derived terms

• coltrui

Noun

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

1. (informal, Belgium) (sports) mountain pass

   Synonym: bergpas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colle

Noun

col f (uncountable)

1. (informal, Belgium) glue

Synonyms

• lijm

Related terms

• collage

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/
• Homophones: colle, collent, colles, cols

Noun

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.)

Derived terms

• col de l'utérus
• col roulé

Related terms

• cou
• collier

Descendants

• ? Hausa: kwal

Further reading

• “col” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• coia, couva

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l/

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. collard; wild mustard, wild cabbage; kale; Brassica oleracea var. acephala

   Synonyms: coella, verza

Derived terms

• coella
• coíña
• coíñeiro

Related terms

• coliflor

References

• “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “coles” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “couues” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “col” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “col” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?sol]
• Hyphenation: col
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

col (plural colok)

1. inch

Declension

Derived terms

• colos

References

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?l??]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

1. (geography) col

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "col" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “col” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “col” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Contraction

col

1. contraction of con il; with the

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coul, coyl
• cal, kal (northern)

Etymology

From Old English c?l, variant of cawel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??l/

Noun

col (plural coles)

1. cabbage, kale, colewort

Descendants

• English: cole, kale, kail
• Scots: cale, caill, kail
• Yola: kaayle
• ? Irish: cál

References

• “c?l, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum.

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. (anatomy) the neck

Descendants

• French: cou, col

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *k?luz, *k?laz. Cognate with Old High German kuoli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?l/

Adjective

c?l (comparative c?lra, superlative c?lost)

1. cool (not hot or warm)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: col, coul, cool
  • Scots: cule, cuill, kuil
  • English: cool

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol/

Noun

col n (nominative plural colu)

1. coal

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: cole
  • English: coal

Old French

Etymology

From Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) neck

Related terms

• coler

Descendants

• Middle French: col
  • French: cou, col
• Norman: co
• Walloon: cô

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kulom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kol/

Noun

col n (genitive cuil)

1. sin, violation

Inflection

Descendants

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

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “col”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish col (“sin”).

Noun

col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)

1. incest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sô?l/

Noun

c?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inch

Declension

Related terms

• ?n?, p?lac

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kol/, [?kol]
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. cabbage

   Synonyms: berza, repollo

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Taos: kùli’ína

Related terms

• brécol

Further reading

• “col” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tocharian B

Adjective

col

1. wild

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

c?l m (plural c?ln)

1. inch (unit of measure)