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English
Etymology
First attested w:1548|1548, from MF. 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 L. columna pillar.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈkÉœËnÉ™l/ (UK) or /ˈkÉnÉ™l/ (US)
SAMPA|/"k3:n@l/</tt> (UK) or
<tt>/"k3`n@l/</tt> (US)<tt>
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉœË(r)nÉ™l|-ÉœË(r)nÉ™l
audio|en-us-colonel.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones
kernel
Noun
en-noun
#a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
Translations
Bosnian: pukovnik m
Chinese: ä¸Šæ ¡ (shà ngxià o)
Croatian: pukovnik m
Czech:
plukovnÃk m
Dutch: kolonel m
Finnish: eversti
French: colonel m
German: Oberst
m
Greek:
συνταγματάÏχης
(si[n]dagmatárçis) m
mid
Hungarian: ezredes
Italian: colonello m
Russian:
полковник (polkóvnik) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пуковник m
:Roman: pukovnik
m
Slovene: polkovnik m
Swedish: överste c
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