English

Noun

kolo ‎(plural kolos)

1. A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
   • 1942: As we came to this promenade [...] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)

Anagrams

• kool
• look

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom ‎(“circle”), *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolo n

1. bicycle, bike
2. wheel
3. (sport): round

Declension

Synonyms

• (bicycle): bicykl m

Derived terms

• kolový
• kolečko n
• koloběžka f
• kolovrat m
• kolomaz

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolo ‎(accusative singular kolon, plural koloj, accusative plural kolojn)

1. neck

Derived terms

• kolumo ‎(“collar”)
• markolo ‎(“strait”)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kolV.

Noun

kolo

1. hole
2. groove
3. notch, indentation
4. (scouting) den (place for scouts' weekly meetings)

Declension

Verb

kolo

1. Indicative present connegative form of koloa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of koloa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of koloa.

Anagrams

• olko

Hausa

Noun

kōlō m ‎(plural kolaye)

1. A fixed-pitch drum, similar to the jauje.

Noun

kōlō m

1. (derogatory) dog

Ido

Noun

kolo (plural koli)

1. (anatomy) neck

Old High German

Etymology

From Latin caulis.

Noun

kolo m

1. savoy

Descendants

• German: Kohl

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom ‎(“circle”), *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôlo/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

Noun

kȍlo n ‎(Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

1. wheel
2. kolo
3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

Declension

Related terms

• okolina

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom ‎(“circle”), *kʷékʷlos. The sense "bicycle" is probably calqued from German Rad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlóː/
• Tonal orthography: kolọ̑

Noun

koló n ‎(genitive kolésa, nominative plural kolésa)

1. wheel
2. bicycle

Declension

Synonyms

• (bicycle): bicíkel

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkóːlɔ/
• Tonal orthography: kọ̑lo

Noun

kólo n ‎(genitive kóla, nominative plural kóla)

1. kolo (dance)

Declension

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian koro).

Noun

kolo

1. village