kolon

From Middle Cornish colon, from Proto-Brythonic *kalwon, from Proto-Celtic *kalwond-. Cognate with Breton kalon and Welsh calon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlɔn/

kolon f (plural kolonnow)

1. (anatomy) heart

From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).

kolon n (singular definite kolonet, plural indefinite koloner)

1. a colon (punctuation mark)

• “kolon” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolon/
• Rhymes: -olon
• Syllabification: ko‧lon

kolon

1. accusative singular of kolo

kolon

1. genitive/accusative singular of kolo

kolon

1. first-person singular present indicative of koloa

Learned borrowing from Latin cŏlon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolɔn/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lon

kolon (plural kolon-kolon)

1. (anatomy) colon

   Hypernym: usus besar

• “kolon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Italian colon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.lɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɔn

kolon m

1. (anatomy) colon

From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).

kolon n (definite singular kolonet, indefinite plural kolon or koloner, definite plural kolona or kolonene)

1. a colon (punctuation mark)

• “kolon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).

kolon n (definite singular kolonet, indefinite plural kolon, definite plural kolona)

1. a colon (punctuation mark)

• “kolon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *kolm- (“nape”). Cognate with Konso xolmaa (“neck”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔ̀ˈlɔ́n/

kolón f (plural kolmo m)

1. dewlap

• “kolon”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

From Latin cōlon, from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).

kolon n

1. colon (punctuation mark)

Borrowed from Spanish colon, from Latin colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /koˈlon/ [koˈlon̪]
    • Rhymes: -on
    • Homophone: Colon
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkolon/ [ˈkoː.lon̪]
    • Rhymes: -olon
• Syllabification: ko‧lon

kolón or kolon (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (anatomy)

1. colon (the last part of the digestive system)

Borrowed from English colon, from Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkolon/ [ˈkoː.lon̪]
• Rhymes: -olon
• Syllabification: ko‧lon

kolon (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (orthography)

1. colon (punctuation mark)

   Synonym: tutuldok

• “kolon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kolon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 143

From French colonne, from Latin columna.

kolon

1. (architecture) column

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