"colophon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒləfən/ [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|LL.|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 their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name. Categories (topical): Printing, Publishing Translations (end note about author and manuscript): հիշատակարան (hišatakaran) (Armenian), colofon [neuter] (Dutch), kolofono (Esperanto), colophon [masculine] (French), colofón [masculine] (Galician), Kolophon [masculine] (German), colofone (Italian), 奥付 (okuzuke) (Japanese), kolofon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), colofão [masculine] (Portuguese), колофо́н (kolofón) [masculine] (Russian), colofón [masculine] (Spanish), baskı bilgisi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-colophon-en-noun-62J9GebD Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'end note about author and manuscript': 61 24 12 2
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Printing, Books
    Sense id: en-colophon-en-noun-IeTu2eD8 Disambiguation of Books: 20 59 18 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 48 18 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 42 30 5 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  3. (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 Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-colophon-en-noun-Ua90asgt
  4. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-colophon-en-noun-GmF16ZPh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: colophony (english: rosin), coronis, vignette Translations (printer notice at the end of a book): 版权页 (bǎnquányè) (Chinese Mandarin), achevé d’imprimer [masculine] (French), kolofon (Hungarian), impresszum (Hungarian), kolofons [masculine] (Latvian), kolofon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), концо́вка (koncóvka) [feminine] (Russian), колофо́н (kolofón) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'printer notice at the end of a book': 43 52 4 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.fɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-colophon.wav Forms: colophons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|LL.|colophōn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin colophōn, {{bor+|fr|LL.|colophōn}} Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} colophon m (plural colophons)
  1. colophon, final notice on manuscript Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-colophon-fr-noun-CA4z4-0W
  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 incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 85

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈko.lo.pʰoːn/ [Classical], [ˈkɔɫ̪ɔpʰoːn] [Classical], /ˈko.lo.fon/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkɔːlofon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|κολοφών}} 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
    Sense id: en-colophon-la-noun-3-7VpJrI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension

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