coluna

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lu‧na

Etymology 1

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colunas (1)

Borrowed from Latin columna, a collateral form of columen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.

Alternative forms

Noun

coluna f (plural colunas)

  1. column (a vertical line of entries in a table)
  2. (architecture) column; pillar
    Synonym: pilar
  3. (anatomy) spine; backbone
    Synonyms: coluna vertebral, costas, espinha, espinha dorsal, espinhaço, dorso
  4. (military) a military column (a long body of troops)
  5. (typography) a text column (body of text meant to be read line by line)
  6. (journalism) a periodical's column (a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece)
  7. (electronics) loudspeaker (electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)
    Synonyms: altifalante, alto-falante
  8. (chess) file
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Etymology 2

Verb

coluna

  1. inflection of colunar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned term from Latin columna.

Noun

coluna f (plural colunas)

  1. Rare form of columna.

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