kol

See also: Kol, KOL, kòl, köl, koł, -kol, -köl, and кол

Cornish

Noun

kol

  1. Hard mutation of gol.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Noun

kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

  1. witch
  2. (Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock
Synonyms
  • (witch): toverkol, heks

Adjective

kol (comparative koller, superlative kolst)

  1. (Belgium) difficult, troublesome
  2. (Belgium) magical
Inflection
Inflection of kol
uninflected kol
inflected kolle
comparative koller
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kolkollerhet kolst
het kolste
indefinite m./f. sing. kollekollerekolste
n. sing. kolkollerkolste
plural kollekollerekolste
definite kollekollerekolste
partitive kolskollers—

Etymology 2

Noun

kol m (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

  1. White spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Finnish

Numeral

kol

  1. (colloquial) three

Usage notes

This term is used mainly in counting, i.e. not attributively.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl
    Homophones: Kol

Noun

kol n (genitive singular kols, nominative plural kol)

  1. (usually in the plural) coal
  2. (in compounds) carbon (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kool (“coal”).

Noun

kol

  1. coal

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to kas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːl/

Conjunction

kõl

  1. while, as long as (within or during the time that the second argument is still valid); (with negation) until
    leñk mẽdį, kõl jáunas - strike while the iron is hot (literally: bend the wood while it is young)
    Žmogùs gývas tõl, kõl gyvì prisiminìmai apiẽ jį̃. - A person is alive for as long as memories of him live on.
    Skaičiaũ, kõl neužmigaũ. - I read until I fell asleep.
  2. (with future tense) when, after
    Àš tavę̃s pasiìlgsiu, kõl tù bū́si išvažiãvus. - I'll miss you when you've gone.

Derived terms

  • kol kas

Nihali

Noun

kol

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Shailendra Mohan, Noun morphology in Nihali and Korku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔːl/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kol n (definite singular kolet, uncountable)

  1. coal

Derived terms

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kulą, whence also Old English col, Old Norse kol. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Noun

kol n

  1. coal

Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Noun

kol n pl

  1. coal

Descendants

References

  • kol in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːl/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: kål

Noun

kol n

  1. (uncountable) carbon
  2. (uncountable) coal
  3. (countable) a piece of coal

Declension

Declension of kol 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kol kolet kol kolen
Genitive kols kolets kols kolens

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English cold

Adjective

kol

  1. cold
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:8 (translation here):
      Long apinun, taim ples i kol, tupela i harim God, Bikpela i wokabaut long dispela gaden, na tupela i hait namel long ol diwai.

Etymology 2

From English call

Adjective

kol

  1. called
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Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɫ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قول‎ (qol, “arm, sleeve, branch”), from Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm”). Cognate to Old Uyghur qwl (qol, “arm”), Karakhanid قُولْ‎ (qōl, “arm”).

Noun

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

  1. arm
  2. handle
  3. branch
Declension
Inflection
Nominative kol
Definite accusative kolu
Singular Plural
Nominative kol kollar
Definite accusative kolu kolları
Dative kola kollara
Locative kolda kollarda
Ablative koldan kollardan
Genitive kolun kolların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kolum kollarım
2nd singular kolun kolların
3rd singular kolu kolları
1st plural kolumuz kollarımız
2nd plural kolunuz kollarınız
3rd plural kolları kolları
  • kollu
  • kolsuz
  • kolluk
  • kolçak
  • kolaçan
  • koldaş
  • koltuk
  • kolordu
  • kollamak
  • kol kanat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kōl (“valley”).

Noun

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

  1. (dialectal) valley

Volapük

Preposition

kol

  1. against
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