colonna

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin columna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlon.na/, /koˈlɔn.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -onna, -ɔnna
  • Hyphenation: co‧lón‧na, co‧lòn‧na

Noun

colonna f (plural colonne)

  1. (architecture) column, pillar
    Synonym: pilastro
  2. (typography) column
  3. tailback (of traffic)
  4. (chess) file

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κολόνα (kolóna)
  • Lithuanian: kolona
  • Romanian: coloană
  • Russian: коло́нна (kolónna)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolona

References

  1. ^ colonna in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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