"kol" meaning in Swedish

See kol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /koːl/ Audio: Sv-kol.ogg
Rhymes: -oːl Etymology: From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|kol}} Old Norse kol, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*kulą}} Proto-Germanic *kulą, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*gʷol-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷol- Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} kol n, {{sv-noun|n}} kol n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kol [indefinite, nominative, singular], kols [genitive, indefinite, singular], kolet [definite, nominative, singular], kolets [definite, genitive, singular], kol [indefinite, nominative, plural], kols [genitive, indefinite, plural], kolen [definite, nominative, plural], kolens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (uncountable) carbon Tags: neuter, uncountable Related terms (carbon): kol-14-datering, kolcykel, koldioxid, kolhydrat, kolmonoxid, koloxid, kolsyra, kolväte
    Sense id: en-kol-sv-noun-KNedUP9R Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Carbon group elements, Chemical elements Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 66 25 10 Disambiguation of Carbon group elements: 87 8 5 Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 55 22 22 Disambiguation of 'carbon': 97 3 0
  2. (uncountable) coal (either rock or charcoal) Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kol-sv-noun-ghCDRjxP
  3. (countable) a piece of coal Tags: countable, neuter
    Sense id: en-kol-sv-noun-B05~8rpp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (coal): brunkol, grillkol, kola, kolgruva, kolkraft, kolmila, kolsvart, stenkol, träkol
Disambiguation of 'coal': 0 51 49

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kol",
      "kol#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*kulą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kulą"
    ],
    [
      "*gʷol-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷol-"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵwelH-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵwelH-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kol"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kol",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kulą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kulą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷol-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kols",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kols",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kol n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "kol n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "brunkol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "grillkol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolgruva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolkraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolmila"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolsvart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "stenkol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 51 49",
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "träkol"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 25 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Carbon group elements",
          "orig": "sv:Carbon group elements",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Chemical elements",
          "orig": "sv:Chemical elements",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carbon"
      ],
      "id": "en-kol-sv-noun-KNedUP9R",
      "links": [
        [
          "carbon",
          "carbon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) carbon"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kol-14-datering"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kolcykel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "koldioxid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kolhydrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kolmonoxid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "koloxid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kolsyra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0",
          "sense": "carbon",
          "word": "kolväte"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "coal (either rock or charcoal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kol-sv-noun-ghCDRjxP",
      "links": [
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) coal (either rock or charcoal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "an ember",
          "text": "ett glödande kol",
          "translation": "an ember",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a piece of coal"
      ],
      "id": "en-kol-sv-noun-B05~8rpp",
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) a piece of coal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koːl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-kol.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Sv-kol.ogg/Sv-kol.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Sv-kol.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kål (in standard language and most dialects)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kol"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 27 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/oːl",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/oːl/1 syllable",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish neuter nouns",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms with homophones",
    "sv:Carbon group elements",
    "sv:Chemical elements"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kol",
      "kol#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*kulą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kulą"
    ],
    [
      "*gʷol-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷol-"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵwelH-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵwelH-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kol"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kol",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kulą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kulą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷol-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kols",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kols",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kolens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kol n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "kol n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kol-14-datering"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kolcykel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "koldioxid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kolhydrat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kolmonoxid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "koloxid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kolsyra"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carbon",
      "word": "kolväte"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "brunkol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "grillkol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kola"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolgruva"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolkraft"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolmila"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "kolsvart"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "stenkol"
    },
    {
      "sense": "coal",
      "word": "träkol"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carbon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carbon",
          "carbon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) carbon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coal (either rock or charcoal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) coal (either rock or charcoal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish countable nouns",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "an ember",
          "text": "ett glödande kol",
          "translation": "an ember",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a piece of coal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) a piece of coal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koːl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-kol.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Sv-kol.ogg/Sv-kol.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Sv-kol.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kål (in standard language and most dialects)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kol"
}

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