kola

• cola

Presumably from a West African language. Compare Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara goro, Temne kola, Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”).

• Rhymes: -əʊlə

kola (countable and uncountable, plural kolas)

1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
2. A nut of this tree.
3. (rare, dated) Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”).

• kola nut

• Kola nut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Okla, Okla., kalo

• IPA^(key): [ˈkola]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kola

1. inflection of kolo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Coca-Cola.

kola f

1. (drink): cola

• cola (superseded)

Borrowed from Latin cola (cf. Translingual Cola), from a West African language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.laː/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧la
• Rhymes: -oːlaː

kola m (plural kola's)

1. a kola tree, tree of the genus Cola
2. a kola nut

• kolaboom
• kolanoot

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolɑ/, [ˈko̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧la

Uncertain; compare Russian кол (kol, “pole, stake”), if the original meaning of the Finnish word was a more general "pole, stick" (compare Karelian kola (“pole”)).^[1][2]

kola

1. snow scoop, snow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel (hand tool for removing snow by pushing and sliding)

   Synonym: lumikola

2. any (T-shaped) tool with a scoop or blade at the end of a handle that is used to scoop or scrape something

• “1. kola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language (see cola for more).

kola

1. cola (beverage)

• “2. kola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• alko, lako, loka, olka

kola

1. indefinite accusative singular of koli
2. indefinite dative singular of koli
3. indefinite genitive singular of koli
4. indefinite accusative plural of koli
5. indefinite genitive plural of koli

From Portuguese colar.

kola

1. to glue

kola

1. to grow

kola

1. alternative spelling of kȟolá

kola f (4th declension)

1. cola

kola m

1. genitive singular of kols

kola

1. to grow

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language. Sense 3 is a genericized trademark of Coca-Cola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: ko‧la
• Homophone: cola

kola f

1. kola (any tree of the genus Cola)
2. Kola (language)
4. alternative spelling of cola

• kola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From kȍlo (“wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /kôla/
• Hyphenation: ko‧la

kȍla n pl (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ла)

1. (plural only) cart, wagon, vehicle
2. (plural only) railroad car
3. (plural only, Bosnia, Serbia) car
4. plural of kolo

Borrowed from English cola.

• IPA^(key): /kôːla/
• Hyphenation: ko‧la

kȏla f (Cyrillic spelling ко̑ла)

1. Coca-Cola, a coke, a cola

• “kola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *kolà (“set of wheels, cart”), plural of the o-stem *kȍlo (“wheel”), reanalyzed from s-stem *kȍlo, pl. *kolesà, whence Slovene kolọ̑. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀ːla/

kóla n pl

1. (archaic) farmer's cart

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kóːla/

kọ̑la f

1. cola plant

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

Borrowed from English collar.

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kola class IX (plural kola class X)

1. collar

   Synonym: ukosi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kola c

1. toffee
2. a piece of toffee
3. taste of caramel
4. (slang) cocaine

   Synonym: kokain

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kola (present kolar, preterite kolade, supine kolat, imperative kola)

1. to produce charcoal from wood; to transform into coal; to load coal

• kolare
• kolning

Borrowed from Finnish kuolla. Compare ta kål på.

kola (present kolar, preterite kolade, supine kolat, imperative kola)

1. (colloquial) to die

• kola av
• kola pöjs
• kola vippen
• kola vipp

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

kola

1. bitter orange

Borrowed from English collar.

kola

1. collar
2. horse collar

kola (definite accusative kolayı, plural kolalar)

1. cola