kol

• IPA^(key): [coɫ]

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kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. bush
2. (Zaqatala) forest

• → Armenian: քոլ (kʻol)

• “kol” in Obastan.com.

kol

1. hard mutation of gol

• IPA^(key): [ˈkol]

kol n

1. genitive plural of kolo

kol

1. (literary) alternative form of kolem

kol

1. (literary) alternative form of kolem

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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• Hyphenation: kol
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: col

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kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. witch

   Synonyms: heks, toverkol

2. (Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock

   Synonym: tovenaar

kol (comparative koller, superlative kolst)

1. (Belgium) difficult, troublesome
2. (Belgium) magical

Declension of kol
uninflected	kol
inflected	kolle
comparative	koller
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		kol	koller	het kolst het kolste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kolle	kollere	kolste
	n. sing.	kol	koller	kolste
	plural	kolle	kollere	kolste
definite		kolle	kollere	kolste
partitive		kols	kollers	—

From Proto-Germanic *kullaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“head”).^[1]

kol m (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. white spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow

   Synonym: bles

• lok

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

kol n (genitive singular kols, uncountable)

1. coal
2. carbon
3. charcoal

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: kolme     Colloquial counting form: koo, kol     Ordinal: kolmas     Colloquial ordinal: kolkki (regional)     Ordinal abbreviation: 3., 3:s     Digit name: kolmonen     Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti     Multiplier: kolminkertainen     Distributive: kolmittain     Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
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< kolme, specifically the initial syllable

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol/, [ˈko̞l]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification^(key): kol
• Hyphenation^(key): kol

kol (colloquial)

1. (counting) three

This term is used mainly in counting, i.e. not attributively.

• kolme

• klo

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

  Homophone: Kol

kol n (genitive singular kols, nominative plural kol)

1. (usually in the plural) coal
2. (in compounds) carbon (chemical element)
3. artist's charcoal

   Synonym: teiknikol

• kolefni
• kolkrabbi
• kolvetni

• kol- (used to add emphasis)

From Dutch kool (“cabbage”), from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”). Doublet of kubis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (plural kol-kol)

1. cabbage

   Synonym: kubis

From clipping of kolonel (“colonel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (plural kol-kol)

1. colonel

A genericized trademark of the Japanese automobile nameplate Mitsubishi Colt, from English colt (“young male horse”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (plural kol-kol)

1. front-engine minibus or pickup

From Dutch calculeren (“to calculate, to estimate”), from Latin calculātus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol

1. to calculate, to estimate, to check

From Dutch kool (“coal”), from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (plural kol-kol)

1. (colloquial) coal

   Synonym: batu bara

• “kol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Jones, R. (2008) [2007] “kol”, in Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay, Indonesian imprints edition, Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *kol.

kol

1. arm, hand

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kol”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Clipping of kõlei or kãlei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₂-h₁ li, inflected form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷós (“who”).

Cognate with Latin quālis, Ancient Greek πηλίκος (pēlíkos), Proto-Slavic *kolě.

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

kõl

1. while, as long as (within or during the time that the second argument is still valid); (with negation) until

   leñk mẽdį, kõl jáunas - strike while the iron is hot (literally: bend the wood while it is young)

   Žmogùs gývas tõl, kõl gyvi̇̀ prisimini̇̀mai apiẽ jį̇̃. - A person is alive for as long as memories of him live on.

   Skaičiaũ, kõl neužmigaũ. - I read until I fell asleep.

2. (with future tense) when, after

   Àš tavę̃s pasii̇̀lgsiu, kõl tù bū́si išvažiãvus. - I'll miss you when you've gone.

• kol kas

• tol, šiol

kol d (plural kola ɦa)

1. river, watercourse

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

kol

1. woman

• Shailendra Mohan, Noun morphology in Nihali and Korku

kol

1. name

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

• kull

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”).

• IPA^(key): /koːl/
• Homophone: kål

kol n (definite singular kolet, indefinite plural kol, definite plural kola or kolene)

1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by køl

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/

kol n (definite singular kolet, uncountable)

1. coal

• kolsyre
• kolgruve
• kolsvart

• “kol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *kol, whence also Old English col, Old Norse kol.

kol n

1. coal

• Middle High German: kol
  • Cimbrian: kholl
  • German: Kohle
  • Luxembourgish: Kuel
  • Yiddish: קויל (koyl)

• kul

From Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

kol n pl

1. coal

• Icelandic: kol
• Faroese: kol
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kol
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kol
• Jamtish: kuł
• Old Swedish: kol, kul
  • Swedish: kol
• Danish: kul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kull

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kol”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: kol

kol

1. second-person singular imperative of kłuć

   Synonym: kłuj

• kol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *kolъ.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ́ʋ/

kȍl m inan

1. stake

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kòl
gen. sing.	kôla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kòl	kôla	kôli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kôla	kôlov	kôlov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kôlu	kôloma	kôlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kòl	kôla	kôle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kôlu	kôlih	kôlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kôlom	kôloma	kôli

• “kol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

kol m

1. time

kol m

1. growth

Chemical element
C
Previous: bor (B)
Next: kväve (N)

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːl
• Homophone: kål (in standard language and most dialects)

kol n

1. (uncountable) carbon
2. (uncountable) coal (either rock or charcoal)
3. (countable) a piece of coal

   ett glödande kol

   an ember

• (carbon): kol-14-datering, kolcykel, koldioxid, kolhydrat, kolmonoxid / koloxid, kolsyra, kolväte
• (coal): brunkol, grillkol, kola, kolgruva, kolkraft, kolmila, kolsvart, stenkol, träkol

• kol in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• klo, lok

From English cold.

kol

1. cold
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:8:

     Long apinun, taim ples i kol, tupela i harim God, Bikpela i wokabaut long dispela gaden, na tupela i hait namel long ol diwai.

     →New International Version translation

From English call.

kol

1. called

• kolim

• IPA^(key): /koɫ/, [ˈkʰo̞ʷɫ̟̊]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قول (qol, “arm, sleeve, branch”), from Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm”). Cognate to Old Uyghur qwl (qol, “arm”), Karakhanid قُولْ (qōl, “arm”).

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. arm
   • 1997, “Şımarık”, performed by Tarkan:

     Takmış koluna elin adamını
     Beni orta yerimden çatlatıyor

     Taking some other guy by the arm
     She's tearing me in two

2. sleeve
3. handle
4. branch
5. (military) troop; patrol; column

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *kōl (“valley”).

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. (dialectal) valley

kol

1. against