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English

Etymology

From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Noun

tribe (plural tribes)

1. A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
2. (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
3. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
4. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
5. The collective noun for various animals.
6. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

Derived terms

• tribal
• tribally
• tribelet

Translations

Verb

tribe (third-person singular simple present tribes, present participle tribing, simple past and past participle tribed)

1. (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
   • 1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library

     Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

See also

• ethnic
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, biter, rebit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trybe, tribu

Etymology

From Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri?b(?)/, /?tri?bu/

Noun

tribe (plural tribus)

1. One of the twelve tribes of Israel.
2. (rare) Any tribe or kin group.
3. (rare) A league or grouping.

Descendants

• English: tribe

References

• “tr?be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?o?]

Noun

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. bush
2. (Zaqatala) forest

Declension

Cornish

Noun

kol

1. Hard mutation of gol.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kol]

Noun

kol

1. genitive plural of kolo

Adverb

kol

1. (literary) Alternative form of kolem

Preposition

kol

1. (literary) Alternative form of kolem

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. witch
2. (Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock

Synonyms

• (witch): toverkol, heks

Adjective

kol (comparative koller, superlative kolst)

1. (Belgium) difficult, troublesome
2. (Belgium) magical

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *kullaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“head”).

Noun

kol m (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. White spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow.

Synonyms

• bles

References

Anagrams

• lok

Finnish

Numeral

kol

1. (colloquial) three

Usage notes

This term is used mainly in counting, i.e. not attributively.

Synonyms

• kolme

Anagrams

• klo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???l/
• Rhymes: -??l

  Homophones: Kol

Noun

kol n (genitive singular kols, nominative plural kol)

1. (usually in the plural) coal
2. (in compounds) carbon (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

• kolefni
• kolkrabbi
• kolvetni

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch kool (“cabbage”), from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *k?l, *k?la, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kaulós, “stem”). Doublet of kubis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l], [?kol]
• Hyphenation: kol

Noun

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. cabbage.

   Synonym: kubis

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From clipping of kolonel (“colonel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l], [?kol]
• Hyphenation: kol

Noun

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. colonel.

Etymology 3

A genericized trademark of the Japanese automobile nameplate Mitsubishi Colt, from English colt (“young male horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l], [?kol]
• Hyphenation: kol

Noun

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. Front-engine minibus or pickup.

Etymology 4

From Dutch calculeren (“to calculate, to estimate”), from Latin calcul?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l]
• Hyphenation: kol

Verb

kol

1. to calculate, to estimate, to check.

Derived terms

Etymology 5

From Dutch kool (“coal”), from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l], [?kol]
• Hyphenation: kol

Noun

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. (colloquial) coal

   Synonym: batu bara

Further reading

• “kol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
• Jones, Russell. 2008. Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?l/

Conjunction

kõl

1. while, as long as (within or during the time that the second argument is still valid); (with negation) until

   leñk m?d?, kõl jáunas - strike while the iron is hot (literally: bend the wood while it is young)

   Žmogùs gývas tõl, kõl gyvì prisiminìmai api? j??. - A person is alive for as long as memories of him live on.

   Skai?ia?, kõl neužmiga?. - I read until I fell asleep.

2. (with future tense) when, after

   Àš tav??s pasiìlgsiu, kõl tù b??si išvažiãvus. - I'll miss you when you've gone.

Derived terms

• kol kas

Related terms

• tol, šiol

Nihali

Noun

kol

1. woman

Further reading

• Shailendra Mohan, Noun morphology in Nihali and Korku

North Wahgi

Noun

kol

1. name

References

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kol n (definite singular kolet, uncountable)

1. coal

Derived terms

• kolsyre
• kolgruve
• kolsvart

References

• “kol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kol, whence also Old English col, Old Norse kol.

Noun

kol n

1. coal

Descendants

• Middle High German: kol
  • Cimbrian: kholl
  • German: Kohle
  • Luxembourgish: Kuel
  • Yiddish: ????? (koyl)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kul

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”).

Noun

kol n pl

1. coal

Descendants

• Icelandic: kol
• Faroese: kol
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kol
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: kol
• Old Swedish: kol, kul
  • Swedish: kol
• Danish: kul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kull

References

• kol in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/

Verb

kol

1. second-person singular imperative of k?u?

   Synonym: k?uj

Further reading

• kol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?l/
• Homophone: kål

Noun

kol n

1. (uncountable) carbon
2. (uncountable) coal, either rock or charcoal
3. (countable) a piece of coal

Declension

Related terms

• (carbon): kol-14-datering, kolcykel, koldioxid, kolhydrat, kolmonoxid / koloxid, kolsyra, kolväte
• (coal): brunkol, grillkol, kola, kolgruva, kolkraft, kolmila, kolsvart, stenkol, träkol

Anagrams

• klo, lok

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English cold

Adjective

kol

1. cold

Etymology 2

From English call

Adjective

kol

1. called

Related terms

• kolim

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (qol, “arm, sleeve, branch”), from Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm”). Cognate to Old Uyghur qwl (qol, “arm”), Karakhanid ?????? (q?l, “arm”).

Noun

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. arm
2. handle
3. branch

Declension

Related terms

• kollu
• kolsuz
• kolluk
• kolçak
• kolaçan
• kolda?
• koltuk
• kolordu
• kollamak
• kol kanat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *k?l (“valley”).

Noun

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. (dialectal) valley

Volapük

Preposition

kol

1. against