Colonel

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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

Colonel (plural Colonels)

  1. (military) The military officer title.
    • 1899 March 31, Geo[rge] W[esley] Atkinson, “Status of Members of National Guard, Who were Volunteers In the Spanish War.—Correspondence Between Governor Atkinson and General [Baldwin Day] Spilman.”, in Public Addresses, Etc., of Geo. W. Atkinson, LL. D., D. C. L., Governor of West Virginia, During His Term of Office. , : Public Printer, published 1901, →OCLC, page 291:
      Consequently the necessity for the reorganization of the Guard, during the ten months’ absence of yourself and Colonels Smith and Banks, could not have been averted under our present Military Code.

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English colonel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœʁnəl/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlənəl/ (sometimes; approaching an assumed English pronunciation)

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels or Colonel)

  1. colonel; Colonel (in Anglo-Saxon armies)
Declension
Declension of Colonel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Colonel die Colonels, Colonel
genitive eines des Colonels, Colonel der Colonels, Colonel
dative einem dem Colonel den Colonels, Coloneln
accusative einen den Colonel die Colonels, Colonel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colonel.

Pronunciation

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels)

  1. colonel; Colonel (in Francophone armies)
Declension
Declension of Colonel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Colonel die Colonels
genitive eines des Colonels, Colonel der Colonels
dative einem dem Colonel den Colonels
accusative einen den Colonel die Colonels

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of colun (“wild donkey”).

Proper noun

Colonel m (genitive/dative lui Colonel)

  1. a surname
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