"colo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: [ˈt͡solo] Forms: colon [accusative, singular], coloj [plural], colojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -olo Etymology: From German Zoll. Compare Polish cal. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|de|Zoll}} German Zoll, {{cog|pl|cal}} Polish cal 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) Wikipedia link: eo:colo Categories (topical): Units of measure Related terms: futo (english: foot; 12 inches), jardo (english: yard; 3 feet or 36 inches), mejlo (english: mile; 1,760 yards or 63,360 inches)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for colo meaning in Esperanto (1.9kB)

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      },
      "expansion": "German Zoll",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
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      },
      "expansion": "Polish cal",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Zoll. Compare Polish cal.",
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    },
    {
      "form": "coloj",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "co‧lo"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "Life is a game of inches.",
          "text": "La vivo estas ludo de coloj.",
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          "english": "foot; 12 inches",
          "word": "futo"
        },
        {
          "english": "yard; 3 feet or 36 inches",
          "word": "jardo"
        },
        {
          "english": "mile; 1,760 yards or 63,360 inches",
          "word": "mejlo"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡solo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olo"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Polish cal",
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      "english": "foot; 12 inches",
      "word": "futo"
    },
    {
      "english": "yard; 3 feet or 36 inches",
      "word": "jardo"
    },
    {
      "english": "mile; 1,760 yards or 63,360 inches",
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        "Esperanto terms with usage examples",
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡solo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-olo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colo"
}

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