col
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forColumbia-Wenatchi . Borrowed fromFrench col , fromLatin collum ( “ neck ” ) .Doublet ofcollum .
col (plural cols )
( geography ) Adip on amountain ridge between twopeaks .Synonym: ( South Africa ) nek Coordinate terms: bealach ,mountain pass ,pass ,saddle ,hause 1999 , Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, inAcross Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya , New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company,→ISBN , page136 :We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on thecol at the foot of it.
2012 , Paul Lee,Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man , page344 :I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in thecol between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.
2019 , Alan Staniforth,Cleveland Way , page74 :Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to acol before climbing up the hill.
( meteorology ) Apressure region between twoanticyclones and twolow-pressure regions.Synonym: saddle point dip between mountain peaks
Abbreviation
col (plural cols )
Clipping ofcolumn .Abbreviation ofcolor .From a contraction of the prepositioncon ( “ with ” ) + masculine singular articleel ( “ the ” ) .
col m (feminine cola ,neuter colo ,masculine plural colos ,feminine plural coles )
with the Inherited fromLatin caulem ( “ stalk, stem ” ) , fromAncient Greek καυλός ( kaulós ,“ stem of a plant ” ) .
col f (plural cols )
cabbage FromLatin coagulum .Doublet ofquall andcoàgul , a borrowing.
col m (plural cols )
( Pallars ) wildcardoon ( used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking ) Synonym: card formatger “col ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language ] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “col ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “col” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“col” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.col (Northern dialect )
road ,way FromVulgar Latin *cu illu , contracted from the accusative ofVulgar Latin *eccum ille . CompareItalian quello ,Romanian acel ,Old French cil ,Spanish aquel .
col
that Borrowed fromFrench col ( “ collar ” ) , fromLatin collum ( “ neck ” ) .
col m (plural cols ,diminutive colletje n )
( informal , chiefly Belgium ) (clothing )collar Synonym: kraag turtleneck ( high, close-fitting collar ) col m (plural collen ,diminutive colletje n )
( informal , Belgium , sports ) mountainpass Synonym: bergpas Borrowed fromFrench colle .
col f (uncountable ,nodiminutive )
( informal , Belgium ) glue Synonym: lijm Inherited fromOld French col , fromLatin collum ( “ neck ” ) .Doublet ofcou .
col m (plural cols )
( clothing ) collar ( geography ) col ( dip on a mountain ridge ) ( anatomy , dated ) neck Synonym: cou neck ( of objects, vases etc. ) lecol d'une bouteille ―theneck of a bottle Coles orverzas FromOld Galician-Portuguese col (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria ), from an older unattested *coule , fromLatin caulis . Cognate withPortuguese couve andSpanish col .[ 1]
col f (plural coles )
collard ;wild mustard ,wild cabbage ;kale ;Brassica oleracea var.acephala Synonyms: coella ,verza Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “col ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “coles ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “couues ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “col ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “col ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “col ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN Borrowed fromGerman Zoll .[ 1]
col (plural colok )
inch Synonym: hüvelyk col in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . col in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .FromOld Irish col , fromProto-Celtic *kulom .
col m (genitive singular coil ,nominative plural colanna )
prohibition sin ,lust violation dislike incest Synonyms: ciorrú coil ,corbadh relation ,relationship FromFrench col ( “ neck ” ) .
col m (genitive singular coil ,nominative plural coil )
( geography ) col Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ), “col ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ), “col ”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“col ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025 col
contraction ofcon il ;with the FromOld English cāl , variant ofcawel , borrowed fromLatin caulis .
col (plural coles )
cabbage ,kale ,colewort FromOld English col
col (plural coles )
charcoal coal ( the mineral ) coal ( ember ) FromOld French col , fromLatin collum .
col m (plural cols )
( anatomy ) theneck FromProto-West Germanic *kōl(ī) . Cognate withOld High German kuoli .
cōl (comparative cōlra ,superlative cōlost )
cool ( not hot or warm ) Declension ofcōl — Strong
FromProto-West Germanic *kol . Cognate withOld Frisian kole ,Old High German kolo ,Old Norse kol .
col n
coal charcoal Stronga -stem:
Inherited fromLatin collum . Cognate withOld Galician-Portuguese colo andOld Spanish cuello .
col oblique singular , m (oblique plural cous or cox or cols ,nominative singular cous or cox or cols ,nominative plural col )
( anatomy ) neck Middle French:col Norman:co Walloon:cô FromProto-Celtic *kulɸom .
col n (genitive cuil )
sin ,violation Neuter o-stem singular dual plural nominative col N col N col L ,cola vocative col N col N col L ,cola accusative col N col N col L ,cola genitive cuil L col col N dative col L colaib colaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationIrish:col Scottish Gaelic:col ( “ incest ” ) Mutation ofcol radical lenition nasalization col chol col pronounced with /ɡ-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromOld Irish col ( “ sin ” ) .
col m (genitive singular cola ,plural colan )
incest Borrowed fromGerman Zoll .
cȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling цо̑л )
inch IPA (key ) : /ˈkol/ [ˈkol] Rhymes:-ol Syllabification:col Inherited fromLatin caulem ( “ stalk, stem ” ) , fromAncient Greek καυλός ( kaulós ,“ stem of a plant ” ) . Cognate withEnglish cole andchou .
col f (plural coles )
cabbage Synonyms: berza ,repollo From a contraction of the prepositioncon ( “ with ” ) + masculine singular articleel ( “ the ” ) .
col m (feminine cola ,neuter colo ,masculine plural colos ,feminine plural colas )
( obsolete ) contraction ofcon andel col
wild cōl m (plural cōln )
inch ( unit of measure ) col m (plural colion ,diminutive colyn )
awn chaff Synonyms: eisin ,hedion hinge Synonyms: colyn ,colfach ,corddyn ,crogfach ,bach Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “col ”, inGweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary , Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “col ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies