"colo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡solo/ Forms: colon [accusative, singular], coloj [plural], colojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -olo Etymology: Etymology tree Old High German zolloder. Middle High German zolder. German Zollbor. ▲ German Zollbor. Polish calbor. Esperanto colo Borrowed from German Zoll and Polish cal. Compare Yiddish צאָל (tsol). Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:bor&lt;conj:and&gt;|de:Zoll&lt;id:inch&gt;|pl:cal&lt;ref:&lt;span class=&quot;cited-source&quot;&gt;Ebbe Vilborg, “colo”, in &lt;cite&gt;Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto&lt;/cite&gt; [&lt;cite&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;e-translation&quot;&gt;Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto&lt;/cite&gt;], volume 1, &lt;small&gt;→ISBN&lt;/small&gt;, page 77&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old High German zolloder. Middle High German zolder. German Zollbor. ▲ German Zollbor. Polish calbor. Esperanto colo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "inch", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "zollo", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "zol", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Zoll", "lang" : "de" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "inch", "status" : { "1" : "de", "2" : ":der", "3" : "gmh:zol<ety:der<goh:zollo>>", "id" : "inch", "tree" : "1" }, "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Zoll", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Polish", "term" : "cal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pl" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "colo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" }" data-lang="eo" data-title="colo"> Borrowed from German Zoll and Polish cal., {{cog|yi|צאָל}} Yiddish צאָל (tsol) Head templates: {{eo-head}} colo (accusative singular colon, plural coloj, accusative plural colojn)
  1. inch (one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimeters) Coordinate_terms: futo (english: foot; 12 inches), jardo (english: yard; 3 feet or 36 inches), mejlo (english: mile)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "coloj",
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          "english": "foot; 12 inches",
          "translation": "foot; 12 inches",
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        },
        {
          "english": "yard; 3 feet or 36 inches",
          "translation": "yard; 3 feet or 36 inches",
          "word": "jardo"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡solo/"
    },
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      "form": "coloj",
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡solo/"
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}

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