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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|/�k��n�l/ (UK) or /�k�n�l/ (US)
SAMPA|/"k3:n@l/</tt> (UK) or <tt>/"k3`n@l/</tt> (US)<tt>
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)n�l|-��(r)n�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¸�æ ¡ (shà ngxià o)
Croatian: pukovnik m
Czech: plukovnÃk m
Dutch: kolonel m
Finnish: eversti
French: colonel m
German: Oberst m
Greek: ��ν�αγμα�ά��η� (si[n]dagmatárçis) m
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Hungarian: ezredes
Italian: colonello m
Russian: полковник (polkóvnik) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: п�ковник m
:Roman: pukovnik m
Slovene: polkovnik m
Swedish: överste c
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