Borrowed fromFrench col Latin collum ( “ neck ” ) .Doublet ofcollum
col (plural cols
( geography ) dip on amountain ridge between twopeaks .Synonym: ( South Africa ) nek Coordinate terms: bealach mountain pass pass saddle hause 1999 Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya , New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company,→ISBN 136 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 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 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 ) pressure 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 coàgul
col m plural cols
( Pallars ) cardoon ( used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking ) Synonym: card formatger col (Northern dialect )
road ,way FromVulgar Latin *cu illu , contracted from the accusative ofVulgar Latin *eccum ille Italian 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 ) pass Synonym: bergpas Borrowed fromFrench colle
col f uncountable
( informal , Belgium ) glue Synonym: lijm Inherited fromOld French col Latin 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 Cantigas de Santa Maria coule , fromLatin caulis Portuguese couve Spanish col [ 1]
col f plural coles
collard ;wild mustard ,wild cabbage ;kale ;Brassica oleracea var.acephala Synonyms: coella verza Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “col ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “coles ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “couues ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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 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 inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: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 (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .FromOld Irish col Proto-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.
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 Old English cāl cawel Latin caulis
col plural coles
cabbage ,kale ,colewort Old English col
col plural coles
charcoal coal ( the mineral ) coal ( ember ) FromOld French col Latin collum
col m plural cols
( anatomy ) neck FromProto-West Germanic *kōl(ī) Old High German kuoli
cōl (comparative cōlra superlative cōlost
cool ( not hot or warm ) Declension ofcōl — Strong
FromProto-West Germanic *kol Old Frisian kole Old High German kolo Old Norse kol
col n
coal charcoal Stronga -stem:
Inherited fromLatin collum Old Galician-Portuguese colo Old 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(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
FromOld Irish col ( “ sin ” ) .
col m genitive singular cola plural colan
incest Borrowed fromGerman Zoll
cȏl m Cyrillic spelling цо̑л
inch Inherited fromLatin caulem ( “ stalk, stem ” ) , fromAncient Greek καυλός ( kaulós ,“ stem of a plant ” ) . Cognate withEnglish cole chou
IPA (key ) : /ˈkol/ [ˈkol] Rhymes:-ol Syllabification:col col f plural coles
cabbage Synonyms: berza repollo col
wild cōl m plural cōln
inch ( unit of measure ) 
