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English
Etymology
From Latin columnāris.[1] By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Pronunciation
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 terms: cuboidal, columnar
Derived terms
Translations
Having the shape of a column
References
Latin
Etymology
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Noun
cŏlumnār n (genitive cŏlumnāris); third declension
- marble quarry
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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)
- columnar