see|colón|côlon
English

Punctuation marks

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-colon.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
colon (plural: colons or obsolete: cola)

1. grammar The punctuation mark ":" introducing a quotation or a series of items, or separating clauses.
2. anatomy The final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus
3. A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

External links
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/colon.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.

Synonyms
large intestine
large bowel (archaic)

Derived terms
colectomy
colic
colitis
colonic
colonitis
colostomy
colonic irrigation

See also
bowel
rectum

Translations
trans-top|punctuation mark
Arabic: ARchar|��طة �زد�جة IPAchar|(núq�a muzdáwija) f
Bulgarian: t-|bg|двое�о�ие|n|trdvoetó�ie|scCyrl
Catalan: dos punts m|p
Croatian: t-|hr|dvoto�ka|f, t-|hr|dvoto�je|n
Czech: t-|cs|dvojte�ka|f
Dutch: t-|nl|dubbelpunt|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|dupunkto|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|kaksoispiste
French: t-|fr|deux points|m|p
German: t+|de|Doppelpunkt|m
Indonesian: titik dua
Interlingua: duo punctos p
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|due punti|m|p
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trkoron|scJpan
Korean: �� (��, ssangjeom)
Polish: t-|pl|dwukropek|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|dois-pontos|m|p
Russian: t+|ru|двое�о�ие|n|trdvojetó�ije|scCyrl
Slovak: dvojbodka f
Slovene: t+|sl|dvopi�je|n
Spanish: t-|es|dos puntos|m|p
Swedish: t-|sv|kolon|n
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trans-top|digestive system
Arabic: ARchar|����� (qulūn) m
Bulgarian: колон m
Catalan: còlon m
Czech: t-|cs|tra�ník|m
Dutch: t-|nl|karteldarm|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|kojlo|xs=Esperanto
French: t-|fr|côlon|m
German: t-|de|Kolon|n, t-|de|Grimmdarm|m
trans-mid
Korean: �창� (keunchangja), �� (大�, deajang)
Polish: t-|pl|okr�żnica|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|cólon|m
Russian: t-|ru|ободо�на� ки�ка|f|trobodó�naja kišká|scCyrl, t-|ru|�ол��а� ки�ка|f|trtólstaja kišká|scCyrl
Slovak: hrubé �revo n
Slovene: t+|sl|debelo �revo|n, t+|sl|danka|f
Spanish: t+|es|colon|m
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See also
w:colon_(punctuation)|Wikipedia article on colons (in punctuation)
w:colon_(anatomy)|Wikipedia article on the colon (in anatomy)

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