Translingual

Cola acuminata

Proper noun

Cola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the kola nut trees.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.

Hypernyms

• (genus (kola nut tree)): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Sterculioideae - subfamily
• (genus (moth)): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Noctuoidea - superfamily; Noctuidae - family; Calpinae - subfamily

See also

• Cola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cola (Malvaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cola (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cola (Noctuidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

German

Etymology

From the kola nut and the brandname Coca Cola.

Noun

Cola f, n ‎(genitive Cola or Colas, plural Colas)

1. cola (beverage made with caramel, and carbonated water)

Declension

Usage notes

The neuter gender is mostly used in South Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Elsewhere, the female gender is used.

Old English

Proper noun

Cola

1. A male given name (nickname)

English

Alternative forms

• (the plant or nut): kola

Noun

cola ‎(countable and uncountable, plural colas)

1. The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
2. A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

Translations

See also

• Cola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kola nut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See colon

Noun

cola

1. (obsolete) plural of colon
   • 2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai

     In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

Anagrams

• Acol, Caló, coal, LCAO

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con ‎(“with”) + feminine singular article la ‎(“the”).

Contraction

cola f ‎(masculine col, neuter colo, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

1. with the

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα ‎(kólla, “glue”). Compare French colle, Spanish and Portuguese cola, Italian colla.

Noun

cola f ‎(plural coles)

1. glue

Etymology 2

Noun

cola f ‎(plural coles)

1. cola

Etymology 3

Verb

cola

1. third-person singular present indicative form of colar
2. second-person singular imperative form of colar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.laː/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.lɑ/

Etymology

From English cola, from the drink Coca Cola.

Noun

cola m ‎(plural cola's, diminutive colaatje n)

1. cola (drink)
2. kola (nut)

Fijian

Verb

cola

1. carry (on the shoulders)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.la/

Verb

cola

1. third-person singular present of colare
2. second-person singular imperative of colare

Anagrams

• calo, calò
• loca

Latin

Verb

cōlā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of cōlō

References

• COLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ lə/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα ‎(kólla, “glue”). Compare Spanish cola, French colle, Italian colla.

Noun

cola f (plural colas)

1. glue (sticky adhesive substance)
2. (Brazil, slang) a copy of content used to help to complete a school or university test, often illegally

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Doublet of cauda, a borrowing.

Noun

cola f (plural colas)

1. tail

Related terms

• cauda

Etymology 3

From a Niger-Congo language, or from Sudanese.

Noun

cola f (plural colas)

1. (botany) kola (tree or fruit):

Related terms

• coleira

Spanish

Cola de un león (a lion's tail).

Cola de avión (aircraft tail).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkola/
• See also: coma, cora

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue and Italian coda.

Noun

cola f ‎(plural colas)

1. (anatomy) tail
2. (aviation) empennage, aircraft tail
3. (astronomy) coma (a comet's tail)
4. line (US); queue (UK)
5. (computing, informatics) queue
6. (slightly vulgar) ass, the buttocks
7. (Chile, LGBT, sometimes pejorative) gayboy, homo

Synonyms

• (tail): rabo
• (comet): coma
• (queue): fila
• (homo): colihue

Derived terms

• cola de caballo f
• colista m, f
• colero m
• coleta f

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα ‎(kólla). Cognate to Portuguese cola, Italian colla, French colle.

Noun

cola f ‎(plural colas)

1. (adhesive) glue

Synonyms

• pegamento

Derived terms

• cola fría

Etymology 3

From a Niger-Congo language.

Noun

cola f ‎(plural colas)

1. (drink) cola (short form of bebida de cola)
2. (nut) kola
3. (tree) kola tree

Synonyms

• (drink): bebida de cola (also der. term)

Derived terms

• (nut): bebida de cola (also syn.)
• (nut): sabor cola

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