col

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Translingual

Symbol

col

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Columbia-Wenatchi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Columbia-Wenatchi terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl
• Homophones: coll; call, caul (cot–caught merger)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

   Synonym: saddle point

Derived terms

• North Col

Translations

See also

• hausse-col

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

col (plural cols)

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔl]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

col f (plural cols)

1. cabbage

Derived terms

Related terms

• coliflor

Etymology 2

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

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. (Pallars) wild cardoon (used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking)

   Synonym: card formatger

Derived terms

• colet
• herbacol

Related terms

• coler

Further reading

• “col”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “col”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

col (Northern dialect)

1. road, way

Usage notes

• Literary form: yol

Declension

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• coll

Etymology

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

col

1. that

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• Hyphenation: col
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: kol

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

2. turtleneck (high, close-fitting collar)

Derived terms

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

   Synonym: lijm

Related terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• 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.)

   le col d'une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle

Derived terms

• col Danton
• col de l'utérus
• col Mao
• col romain
• col roulé

Related terms

• cou
• collier

Descendants

• → Hausa: kwal

Further reading

• “col”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• coia, couva

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl/

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “col”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coles”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couues”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “col”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “col”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “col”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

col (plural colok)

1. inch

   Synonym: hüvelyk

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• col in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔl̪ˠ]

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

From French col (“neck”).

Noun

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

1. (geography) col

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “col”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “col”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Contraction

col

1. contraction of con il; with the

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coul, coyl
• cal, cale, kal, kale (Northern)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /kaːl/

Noun

col (plural coles)

1. cabbage, kale, colewort

Descendants

• English: cole, kale, kail
• Scots: cale, caill, kail
• Yola: kaayle ⇒ Coolpeach
• → Irish: cál

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English col

Noun

col (plural coles)

1. charcoal
2. coal (the mineral)
3. coal (ember)

Descendants

• English: coal

References

• “cōl, n.(2).”, 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-West Germanic *kōl(ī). Cognate with Old High German kuoli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

Adjective

cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

1. cool (not hot or warm)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: col, coul, cool
  • Scots: cule, cuill, kuil
  • English: cool (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol/

Noun

col n

1. coal
2. charcoal

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

• colpytt
• colsweart

Descendants

• Middle English: col
  • English: coal

Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

col oblique singular, 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 *kulɸom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkol]

Noun

col n (genitive cuil)

1. sin, violation

Inflection

Derived terms

• mórchol

Descendants

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

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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): /t͡sôːl/

Noun

cȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)

1. inch

Declension

Related terms

• ȉnč, pȁlac

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol/ [ˈkol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: col

Etymology 1

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

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. cabbage

   Synonyms: berza, repollo

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Taos: kùliʼína

Etymology 2

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 colas)

1. (obsolete) contraction of con and el

Further reading

• “col”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tocharian B

Adjective

col

1. wild

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

cōl m (plural cōln)

1. inch (unit of measure)