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kolonel

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkʊə̯.lʊə̯ˈnɛl/

Noun

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kolonel (plural kolonels)

  1. colonel

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: kolonel

Estonian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kolonel (genitive koloneli, partitive koloneli)

  1. colonel (the highest rank of senior officer in the Estonian and other Defence Forces after lieutenant colonel)

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch kolonel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolonèl (first-person possessive kolonelku, second-person possessive kolonelmu, third-person possessive kolonelnya)

  1. colonel

Further reading

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