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kolonel

kolonel

Dutch

Noun

kolonel m ‎(plural kolonels, diminutive kolonelletje n)

  1. colonel, the military rank
  2. (printing, dated) A size of type between insertio and petit, standardized as 7 point.

Derived terms

  • dubbel kolonel

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowing from French colonel or English colonel.

Noun

kolonel ‎(genitive koloneli, partitive koloneli)

  1. colonel

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology

First attested 1548, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello ‎(“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagna colonnella ‎(“little column company”), from Latin columna ‎(“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen ‎(“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‎(“going around”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧nel

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