kolonel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kolonel, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkʊə̯.lʊə̯ˈnɛl/

Noun

kolonel (plural kolonels)

  1. (military) colonel

Derived terms

References

  • Smaldone, Joseph P. (1997). "National Security". In Byrnes, Rita M. (ed.). South Africa: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 378.

Dutch

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

  • IPA(key): /ˌkoː.loːˈnɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧nel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

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
  • kolonel-generaal
  • kolonel-majoor
  • kolonel-titulair
  • kolonelsbewind
  • kolonelschap
  • kolonelscoup
  • kolonelsregime
  • luitenant-kolonel

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kolonel

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolonel/, [ˈkolonel]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧nel

Noun

kolonel (genitive koloneli, partitive koloneli)

  1. colonel (the highest rank of senior officer in the Estonian and other Defence Forces after lieutenant colonel)
    Synonym: polkovnik (dated,obsolelete,historical)

Declension

Declension of kolonel (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kolonel kolonelid
accusative nom.
gen. koloneli
genitive kolonelide
partitive koloneli kolonele
kolonelisid
illative koloneli
kolonelisse
kolonelidesse
kolonelesse
inessive kolonelis kolonelides
koloneles
elative kolonelist kolonelidest
kolonelest
allative kolonelile kolonelidele
kolonelele
adessive kolonelil kolonelidel
kolonelel
ablative kolonelilt kolonelidelt
kolonelelt
translative koloneliks kolonelideks
koloneleks
terminative kolonelini kolonelideni
essive kolonelina kolonelidena
abessive kolonelita kolonelideta
comitative koloneliga kolonelidega

Compounds

References

  • kolonel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • kolonel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kolonel.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /koˈlonɛl/ [koˈlo.nɛl]
  • Rhymes: -onɛl
  • Syllabification: ko‧lo‧nel

Noun

kolonèl (plural kolonel-kolonel)

  1. colonel

Further reading