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See also: colí and çoli

English

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Etymology

Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).

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Noun

coli (plural coli)

  1. (often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
    Synonym: colibacillus
    • 1939 January, Thomas T. Mackie, “The Specificity of the Agglutinin Reaction for Shigella dysenteriae: II. Agglutinin Absorption Relationships between Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli”, in Journal of Bacteriology‎, volume 37, number 1, →PMID, archived from the original on 10 June 2020, page 47:
      Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.

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coli

  1. inflection of colar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Javanese ngocok + Javanese peli. Equivalent to blend of mengocok +‎ pelir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃo.li/
  • Hyphenation: co‧li

Noun

coli

  1. (slang) masturbation
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coli

  1. (slang) to masturbate
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Etymology 2

From Malay coli, culi, probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

Noun

coli

  1. (obsolete) bra
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Etymology 3

From Alas-Kluet Batak coli.

Noun

coli

  1. (dialect) ripe jackfruit.

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Italian

Verb

coli

  1. inflection of colare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Latin

Etymology 1

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Noun

cōlī n

  1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colander, strainer”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

cōlī n

  1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)
  2. genitive singular of cōlon (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)

Etymology 3

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Noun

colī n

  1. genitive singular of colon (“colon (large intestine)”)

Etymology 4

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colī

  1. present passive infinitive of colō

Malay

Etymology

Probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

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  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

coli (Jawi spelling چولي, plural coli-coli, informal 1st possessive coliku, 2nd possessive colimu, 3rd possessive colinya)

  1. bra

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