"colophon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒləfən/ [UK], /ˈkɒləˌfɒn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colophon.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-colophon.wav [US] Forms: colophons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-lat|colophōn}} Late Latin colophōn, {{der|en|grc|κολοφών||peak or finishing touch}} Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} colophon (plural colophons)
  1. (printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
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  2. An inscription found at the end of, or interspersed with the contents of, Chinese paintings or scrolls, usually left by later literati, appreciators, or collectors.
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  3. (printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
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  4. (by extension, Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used. Tags: Internet, broadly
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  5. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch. Tags: obsolete Translations (finishing stroke or crowning touch): colofón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-colophon-en-noun-GmF16ZPh Disambiguation of 'finishing stroke or crowning touch': 1 1 1 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colophonist Related terms: colophony (english: rosin), coronis, vignette Translations (end note about author and manuscript): հիշատակարան (hišatakaran) (Armenian), colofon [neuter] (Dutch), kolofono (Esperanto), kolofoni (Finnish), colophon [masculine] (French), colofón [masculine] (Galician), Kolophon [masculine] (German), colofone (Italian), 奥付 (okuzuke) (Japanese), kolofon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolofon [masculine] (Polish), colofão [masculine] (Portuguese), колофо́н (kolofón) [masculine] (Russian), colofón [masculine] (Spanish), baskı bilgisi (Turkish) Translations (printer notice at the end of a book): 版权页 (bǎnquányè) (Chinese Mandarin), kolofon [masculine] (Czech), achevé d’imprimer [masculine] (French), kolofon (Hungarian), impresszum (Hungarian), kolofons [masculine] (Latvian), kolofon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolofon [masculine] (Polish), colofão [masculine] (Portuguese), концо́вка (koncóvka) [feminine] (Russian), колофо́н (kolofón) [masculine] (Russian), kolofon [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'end note about author and manuscript': 38 12 15 33 3 Disambiguation of 'printer notice at the end of a book': 23 39 36 2 0

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.fɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-colophon.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: colophons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|la-lat:colophōn}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κολοφών", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "colophōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "colophon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="colophon">, {{bor+|fr|la-lat|colophōn}} Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} colophon m (plural colophons)
  1. colophon, final notice on manuscript Tags: masculine
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  2. colophon, final notice about printer, editor, paper, etc., with bibliophilic information Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colophon-fr-noun-~WlWN5ZI Categories (other): French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 18 82 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 91

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkɔ.ɫɔ.pʰoːn] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔː.lo.fon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:κολοφών|text=+|title=colophōn|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κολοφών", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "colophōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="colophōn"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn). Head templates: {{la-noun|colophōn<3>|g=m}} colophōn m (genitive colophōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|colophōn<3>}} Forms: colophōn [canonical, masculine], colophōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], colophōn [nominative, singular], colophōnēs [nominative, plural], colophōnis [genitive, singular], colophōnum [genitive, plural], colophōnī [dative, singular], colophōnibus [dative, plural], colophōnem [accusative, singular], colophōnēs [accusative, plural], colophōne [ablative, singular], colophōnibus [ablative, plural], colophōn [singular, vocative], colophōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. summit, peak Tags: declension-3 Related terms: Colophon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "end note about author and manuscript",
      "word": "kolofoni"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "end note about author and manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "colofón"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "end note about author and manuscript",
      "word": "colofone"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "okuzuke",
      "sense": "end note about author and manuscript",
      "word": "奥付"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "kolofon"
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      "code": "pt",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colofão"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "版权页"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "achevé d’imprimer"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.