columnar
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English
Etymology
From Latin columnāris.[1] By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlʌmnɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
columnar (not comparable)
- Having the shape of a column.
- Constructed with columns.
- (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
- Coordinate term: cuboidal
- 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry :
- where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked
Derived terms
Translations
Having the shape of a column
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Constructed with column
References
- ^ “columnar, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Etymology
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Noun
cŏlumnār n (genitive cŏlumnāris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cŏlumnār | cŏlumnārēs |
| genitive | cŏlumnāris | cŏlumnārum |
| dative | cŏlumnārī | cŏlumnāribus |
| accusative | cŏlumnārem | cŏlumnārēs |
| ablative | cŏlumnāre | cŏlumnāribus |
| vocative | cŏlumnār | cŏlumnārēs |
References
- “columnar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- columnar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Adjective
columnar m or f (masculine and feminine plural columnares)