"col" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɒl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-col.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cols [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒl Etymology: Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|col}} French col, {{der|en|la|collum||neck}} Latin collum (“neck”), {{doublet|en|collum}} Doublet of collum Head templates: {{en-noun}} col (plural cols)
  1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: nek [South-Africa] Translations (dip between mountain peaks): проход (prohod) (Bulgarian), седловина (sedlovina) (Bulgarian), coll [masculine] (Catalan), 山坳 (shān'ào) (Chinese Mandarin), sedlo [neuter] (Czech), průsmyk [masculine] (Czech), col [masculine] (French), portela [feminine] (Galician), golada [feminine] (Galician), უნაგირა (unagira) (Georgian), Joch [neuter] (German), col [masculine] (Irish), forcella [feminine] (Italian), colle [masculine] (Italian), たわ (tawa) (Japanese), コル (koru) (Japanese), седловина (sedlovina) (Russian), перева́л (perevál) (Russian), collado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-col-en-noun-cI-ZFF8k Topics: geography, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'dip between mountain peaks': 61 39
  2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions. Categories (topical): Meteorology Synonyms: saddle point
    Sense id: en-col-en-noun-8cK494mz Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: North Col Related terms: hausse-col
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɒl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-col.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cols [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒl Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun}} col (plural cols)
  1. Clipping of column. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: column
    Sense id: en-col-en-noun-c9NuspMi
  2. Abbreviation of color. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: color
    Sense id: en-col-en-noun-SlIxCSd9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of color."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "color",
          "color#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-col.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-col.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-col.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-col.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-col.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "col"
}

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