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colon
English
Etymology 1
From Latin c?lon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.l?n/, /?k??.l?n/
- (US) enPR: k?'l?n, IPA(key): /?ko?.l?n/
- Rhymes: -??l?n
Noun
colon (plural colons or cola)
- The punctuation mark ":".
- (rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
- (palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Synonyms
- (punctuation mark): colon-point (obsolete)
Derived terms
- colon-point
Translations
See also
- Wikipedia article on colons (in punctuation)
- Wikipedia article on the colon (in anatomy)
Punctuation
Etymology 2
From Latin c?lon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.l?n/, /?k??.l?n/
- (US) enPR: k?'l?n, IPA(key): /?ko?l?n/
- Rhymes: -??l?n
Noun
colon (plural colons or cola)
- (anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum.
Synonyms
- (final segment of digestive system): large bowel
Holonyms
- (segment of digestive system): large intestine
Derived terms
- colectomy
- colic
- colitis
- colonic
- colonitis
- colonoscope
- colonoscopy
- colostomy
- colonic irrigation
Translations
See also
- bowel
- large intestine
- rectum
Etymology 3
From French colon.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??l?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /k??lo?n/, /ko?.lo?n/
Noun
colon (plural colons)
- (obsolete) A husbandman.
- A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 28:
- The reaction of the European colons, a mixture of shock and fear, was to demand further draconian measures and to suspend any suggestion of new reforms.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 28:
Alternative forms
- colone
Further reading
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050326041700/http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/colon.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.
- colon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- colon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- colon at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Locon, locon, lonco
Asturian
Noun
colon m (plural cólones)
- (anatomy) colon (digestive system)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin col?nus.
Noun
colon m (plural colons, feminine colona)
- colonist, settler
- farmer during the Roman Empire
Related terms
- colònia
Further reading
- “colon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto
Noun
colon
- accusative singular of colo
French
Etymology 1
From Latin col?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.l??/
Noun
colon m (plural colons)
- colonist, colonizer
- Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.
- Sous les auspices du dictateur A. Cornelius Cossus, les Romains viennent de remporter une victoire sur leurs voisins Volsques, Latins et Herniques, associés aux colons romains en rébellion de Circéi et Vélitrae.
- Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.
- camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
- José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.
- Une fois encore, ils me ramènant à mon enfance, aux colonies de vacances. Aves les autres petits colons, mes frères et moi trottions sur les chemins de traverse pour aller jouer dans les près ou à la rivière.
- José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.
- sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
Etymology 2
See côlon.
Noun
colon
- Misspelling of côlon.
Further reading
- “colon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
colon (uncountable)
- (anatomy) colon
Italian
Noun
colon m (invariable)
- (anatomy) colon
Derived terms
- colectomia
- colite
- colon ascendente
- colon discendente
- colon sigmoideo
- colon trasverso
- colonscopia
- colostomia
- sindrome del colon irritabile
Anagrams
- clono, clonò
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (kólon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ko.lon/, [?k????n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ko.lon/, [?k??l?n]
Noun
colon n (genitive col?); second declension
- (anatomy) The colon; large intestine
- colic, a disease of the colon
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Descendants
- ? English: colon
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ????? (kôlon).
Alternative forms
- c?lum
- c?lus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ko?.lon/, [?ko????n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ko.lon/, [?k??l?n]
Noun
c?lon n (genitive c?l?); second declension
- a member or part of a verse of a poem
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Synonyms
- (member of a verse): membrum
Descendants
- ? English: colon
References
- colon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- colon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Etymology
From French côlon
Noun
colon m (plural coloni)
- colon
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kolon/, [?ko.lõn]
Etymology 1
From Latin c?lon, from Ancient Greek ????? (kôlon).
Noun
colon m (plural cólones)
- (grammar) colon (punctuation mark)
Etymology 2
From Latin c?lon, from Ancient Greek ????? (kólon).
Noun
colon m (plural cólones)
- (anatomy) colon (part of the large intestine)
Derived terms
- colonoscopia, colonoscopía
- colonoscopio
- megacolon
- mesocolon
Further reading
- “colon” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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colonoscope
English
Etymology
colon +? -o- +? -scope
Noun
colonoscope (plural colonoscopes)
- a flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon and obtain tissue samples
Related terms
- colonoscopy
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