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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.

Noun

col (plural cols)

  1. (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
    Synonym: (South Africa) nek
    Coordinate terms: bealach, mountain pass, pass, saddle, hause
    • 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 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 the col at the foot of it.
    • 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344:
      I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.
    • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:
      Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.
  2. (meteorology) A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
    Synonym: saddle point
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Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

col (plural cols)

  1. Clipping of column.
  2. Abbreviation of color.

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

  1. with the

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”).

Noun

col f (plural cols)

  1. cabbage
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Etymology 2

From Latin coagulum. Doublet of quall and coàgul, a borrowing.

Noun

col m (plural cols)

  1. (Pallars) wild cardoon (used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking)
    Synonym: card formatger
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Crimean Tatar

Noun

col (Northern dialect)

  1. road, way

Usage notes

  • Literary form: yol

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of col
nominative col
genitive colnıñ
dative colğa
accusative colnı
locative colda
ablative coldan
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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cu illu, contracted from the accusative of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille. Compare Italian quello, Romanian acel, Old French cil, Spanish aquel.

Pronoun

col

  1. that

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar
    Synonym: kraag
  2. turtleneck (high, close-fitting collar)
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Noun

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

  1. (informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass
    Synonym: bergpas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colle.

Noun

col f (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Belgium) glue
    Synonym: lijm

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of cou.

Pronunciation

Noun

col m (plural cols)

  1. (clothing) collar
  2. (geography) col (dip on a mountain ridge)
  3. (anatomy, dated) neck
    Synonym: cou
  4. neck (of objects, vases etc.)
    le col d’une bouteille ― the neck of a bottle

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Descendants

  • → Hausa: kwal

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