col

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.

Noun

col (plural cols)

1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.

   Synonym: (South Africa) nek

   Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause

   • 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:

     We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.

   • 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344:

     I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.

   • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:

     Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.

2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

   Synonym: saddle point

Derived terms

• North Col

Translations

See also

• hausse-col

Further reading

• col on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• col (meteorology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mountain pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

col (plural cols)

1. Clipping of column.
2. Abbreviation of color.

Anagrams

• 'loc, CLO, Clo, LOC, LoC, OCL, OLC, loc, loc.

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

col m (feminine cola, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

1. with the

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

col f (plural cols)

1. cabbage

Derived terms

Related terms

• coliflor

Further reading

• “col” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “col”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “col” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “col” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

col (Northern dialect)

1. road, way

Usage notes

• Literary form: yol

Declension

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• coll

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cu illu, contracted from the accusative of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.

Pronoun

col

1. that

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• Hyphenation: col
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar

   Synonym: kraag

Derived terms

• coltrui

Noun

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

1. (informal, Belgium) (sports) mountain pass

   Synonym: bergpas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colle.

Noun

col f (uncountable)

1. (informal, Belgium) glue

Synonyms

• lijm

Related terms

• collage

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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• Homophones: colle, collent, colles, cols

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. (clothing) collar
2. (geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)
3. (anatomy, dated) neck

   Synonym: cou

4. neck (of objects, vases etc.)

   le col d’une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle

Derived terms

• col Danton
• col de l’utérus
• col Mao
• col romain
• col roulé

Related terms

• cou
• collier

Descendants

• → Hausa: kwal

Further reading

• “col”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• coia, couva

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese col (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from an older unattested *coule, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Portuguese couve and Spanish col.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl/

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. collard; wild mustard, wild cabbage; kale; Brassica oleracea var. acephala

   Synonyms: coella, verza

Derived terms

• coella
• coíña
• coíñeiro

Related terms

• coliflor

References

• “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coles” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “couues” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “col” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “col” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “col” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: col
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

col (plural colok)

1. inch

   Synonym: hüvelyk

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• col in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• col in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

From Old Irish col, from Proto-Celtic *kulom.

Noun

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural colanna)

1. prohibition
2. sin, lust
3. violation
4. dislike
5. incest

   Synonyms: ciorrú coil, corbadh

6. relation, relationship

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French col (“neck”).

Noun

col m (genitive singular coil, nominative plural coil)

1. (geography) col

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “col” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “col” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Contraction

col

1. contraction of con il; with the

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coul, coyl
• cal, kal (Northern)

Etymology

From Old English cāl, variant of cawel, borrowed from Latin caulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /kaːl/

Noun

col (plural coles)

1. cabbage, kale, colewort

Descendants

• English: cole, kale, kail
• Scots: cale, caill, kail
• Yola: kaayle
• → Irish: cál

References

• “cōl, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum.

Noun

col m (plural cols)

1. (anatomy) the neck

Descendants

• French: cou, col

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī). Cognate with Old High German kuoli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

Adjective

cōl (comparative cōlra, superlative cōlost)

1. cool (not hot or warm)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: col, coul, cool
  • Scots: cule, cuill, kuil
  • English: cool (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *kol. Cognate with Old Frisian kole, Old High German kolo, Old Norse kol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol/

Noun

col n

1. coal
2. charcoal

Declension

Derived terms

• colpytt
• colsweart

Descendants

• Middle English: cole
  • English: coal

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin collum. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese colo and Old Spanish cuello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

col oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous or cox or cols, nominative singular cous or cox or cols, nominative plural col)

1. (anatomy) neck

Related terms

• coler

Descendants

• Middle French: col
  • French: cou, col
• Norman: co
• Walloon: cô

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kulɸom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

col n (genitive cuil)

1. sin, violation

Inflection

Derived terms

• mórchol

Descendants

• Irish: col
• Scottish Gaelic: col (“incest”)

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “col”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish col (“sin”).

Noun

col m (genitive singular cola, plural colan)

1. incest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sôːl/

Noun

cȏl m (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л)

1. inch

Declension

Related terms

• ȉnč, pȁlac

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”). Cognate with English cole and chou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: col

Noun

col f (plural coles)

1. cabbage

   Synonyms: berza, repollo

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Taos: kùliʼína

Further reading

• “col”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tocharian B

Adjective

col

1. wild

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

cōl m (plural cōln)

1. inch (unit of measure)