col

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

cola (feminine)
colo (neuter)
colos (masculine plural)
coles (feminine plural)

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


col

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


col

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

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


col

col (nominative)
colnıñ (genitive)
colğa (dative)
colnı (accusative)
colda (locative)
coldan (ablative)


col

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


col

(informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar

nl-noun

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

cols (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

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


col

(informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

collen (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)


col

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.

1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:

I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.

2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344:

Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.

2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:

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

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

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


col

(geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)

le col d’une bouteille

→ Hausa: kwal

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


col

Brassica oleracea var. acephala#Translingual

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

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.


col

colok (plural)
col (nominative singular)
colok (nominative plural)
colt (accusative singular)
colokat (accusative plural)
colnak (dative singular)
coloknak (dative plural)
collal (instrumental singular)
colokkal (instrumental plural)
colért (causal-final singular)
colokért (causal-final plural)
collá (singular translative)
colokká (plural translative)
colig (singular terminative)
colokig (plural terminative)
colként (essive-formal singular)
colokként (essive-formal plural)
colban (inessive singular)
colokban (inessive plural)
colon (singular superessive)
colokon (plural superessive)
colnál (adessive singular)
coloknál (adessive plural)
colba (illative singular)
colokba (illative plural)
colra (singular sublative)
colokra (plural sublative)
colhoz (allative singular)
colokhoz (allative plural)
colból (elative singular)
colokból (elative plural)
colról (delative singular)
colokról (delative plural)
coltól (ablative singular)
coloktól (ablative plural)
colé (singular)
coloké (plural)
coléi (singular)
colokéi (plural)
colom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
coljaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
colod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
coljaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
colja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
coljai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
colunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
coljaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
colotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
coljaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
coljuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
coljaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


col

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col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural colanna)

coil (genitive singular)
colanna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
col (indefinite singular)
colanna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a choil (indefinite singular)
a cholanna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
coil (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an col (definite singular)
na colanna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an choil (definite singular)
na gcolanna (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an gcol (definite singular)
don chol (definite singular)
leis na colanna (definite plural)

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


col

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

coil (genitive singular)
coil (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
col (indefinite singular)
coil (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a choil (indefinite singular)
a chola (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
coil (indefinite singular)
col (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an col (definite singular)
na coil (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an choil (definite singular)
na gcol (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an gcol (definite singular)
don chol (definite singular)
leis na coil (definite plural)
col
chol
gcol


col

English: cole, kale, kail

Scots: cale, caill, kail

Yola: kaayle ⇒ Coolpeach

→ Irish: cál

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


col

English: coal


col

French: cou, col


col

ang-adj

cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

cōl (canonical)
cōlra (comparative)
cōlost (superlative)
cōl (masculine nominative singular)
cōl (feminine nominative singular)
cōl (neuter nominative singular)
cōlne (accusative masculine singular)
cōle (accusative feminine singular)
cōl (accusative neuter singular)
cōles (genitive masculine singular)
cōlre (feminine genitive singular)
cōles (genitive neuter singular)
cōlum (dative masculine singular)
cōlre (dative feminine singular)
cōlum (dative neuter singular)
cōle (instrumental masculine singular)
cōlre (feminine instrumental singular)
cōle (instrumental neuter singular)
cōle (masculine nominative plural)
cōla (feminine nominative plural)
cōle (feminine nominative plural)
cōl (neuter nominative plural)
cōle (accusative masculine plural)
cōla (accusative feminine plural)
cōle (accusative feminine plural)
cōl (accusative neuter plural)
cōlra (genitive masculine plural)
cōlra (feminine genitive plural)
cōlra (genitive neuter plural)
cōlum (dative masculine plural)
cōlum (dative feminine plural)
cōlum (dative neuter plural)
cōlum (instrumental masculine plural)
cōlum (feminine instrumental plural)
cōlum (instrumental neuter plural)
cōla (masculine nominative singular)
cōle (feminine nominative singular)
cōle (neuter nominative singular)
cōlan (accusative masculine singular)
cōlan (accusative feminine singular)
cōle (accusative neuter singular)
cōlan (genitive masculine singular)
cōlan (feminine genitive singular)
cōlan (genitive neuter singular)
cōlan (dative masculine singular)
cōlan (dative feminine singular)
cōlan (dative neuter singular)
cōlan (instrumental masculine singular)
cōlan (feminine instrumental singular)
cōlan (instrumental neuter singular)
cōlan (masculine nominative plural)
cōlan (feminine nominative plural)
cōlan (neuter nominative plural)
cōlan (accusative masculine plural)
cōlan (accusative feminine plural)
cōlan (accusative neuter plural)
cōlra (genitive masculine plural)
cōlena (genitive masculine plural)
cōlra (feminine genitive plural)
cōlena (feminine genitive plural)
cōlra (genitive neuter plural)
cōlena (genitive neuter plural)
cōlum (dative masculine plural)
cōlum (dative feminine plural)
cōlum (dative neuter plural)
cōlum (instrumental masculine plural)
cōlum (feminine instrumental plural)
cōlum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: col, coul, cool

Scots: cule, cuill, kuil

English: cool (see there for further descendants)

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


col

col (nominative singular)
colu (nominative plural)
col (accusative singular)
colu (accusative plural)
coles (genitive singular)
cola (genitive plural)
cole (dative singular)
colum (dative plural)

Middle English: col

English: coal

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


col

fro-noun

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

col oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cous (oblique plural)
cox (oblique plural)
cols (oblique plural)
cous (nominative singular)
cox (nominative singular)
cols (nominative singular)
col (nominative plural)

Middle French: col
French: cou, col

Norman: co

Walloon: cô

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


col

cuil (genitive)
col (nominative singular)
col (dual nominative)
col (nominative plural)
cola (nominative plural)
col (singular vocative)
col (dual vocative)
col (plural vocative)
cola (plural vocative)
col (accusative singular)
col (accusative dual)
col (accusative plural)
cola (accusative plural)
cuil (genitive singular)
col (dual genitive)
col (genitive plural)
col (dative singular)
colaib (dative dual)
colaib (dative plural)
col
chol
col

Irish: col

Scottish Gaelic: col (“incest”)


col

Central Dravidian:

Duruwa: [script needed] (cul-)

South Dravidian:

South Dravidian I:

Tamil-Kannada:

Kannada: ಸೊಲ್ಲು (sollu)

Tamil-Kota:

Kota (India): [script needed] (col)

Tamil-Kodagu:

Kodava: [script needed] (collï)

desctree

Old Tamil: 𑀘𑁴𑀮𑁆 (col)
Tamil: சொல் (col)
Malayalam: ചൊല്ല് (collŭ)

South Dravidian II:

desc

Kuvi: ଜୋ୕ଲ୍- (jōl-), ଜୋ୕ଲିନୈ୕, ଜୋ୕ଲାଲି (jōlali), ଜୋଲ୍ପୁ (jolpu)


col

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col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)


col

cȏl (canonical masculine)
цо̑л (Cyrillic)
col (nominative singular)
colovi (nominative plural)
cola (genitive singular)
colova (genitive plural)
colu (dative singular)
colovima (dative plural)
col (accusative singular)
colove (accusative plural)
cole (singular vocative)
colovi (plural vocative)
colu (locative singular)
colovima (locative plural)
col (instrumental singular)
colovima (instrumental plural)


col

→ Taos: kùliʼína

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