kolom

See also: kołom and колом

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kolom, from Latin columba. Cognate with Welsh colomen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlɔm/

Noun

kolom m (plural kelemmi)

1. dove
2. pigeon

   Synonyms: kolom goos, kudhon

Derived terms

• kolom goos (“pigeon, wood pigeon”)

Mutation

Mutation of kolom

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kolom	golom	holom	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch colomme, from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of column and colonne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kolom f (plural kolommen, diminutive kolommetje n)

1. (architecture) column

   Synonym: zuil

2. column, i.e. vertical line of entries in a table

   Antonym: rij

3. (typography) column, i.e. vertical body of text

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolom
• → Papiamentu: kolòm

Garo

Etymology

From Bengali কলম (kolom).

Noun

kolom

1. pen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kolom, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of kolone.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkolom/ [ˈko.lɔm]
• Rhymes: -olom
• Syllabification: ko‧lom

Noun

kolom (plural kolom-kolom)

1. column:
   1. a vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom

      Synonym: lajur

   2. (printing) a body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page
      1. a unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text
      2. a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme

         Synonym: kolum (Malay)

   3. (architecture) a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration

      Synonyms: pilar, tiang

Compounds

• kolom abu
• kolom air
• kolom berita
• kolom dorsal
• kolom fraksionasi
• kolom gunjing
• kolom guyonan
• kolom kerucut
• kolom komentar
• kolom paralel
• kolom pedestal
• kolom praktis
• kolom rangkaian
• kolom sedimen
• kolom utama

Related terms

• kolumnis

Further reading

• “kolom”, 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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɔm
• Syllabification: ko‧lom

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kolom f

1. dative plural of kola

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kolom m pers

1. dative plural of kolo (“bloke”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kolom n

1. dative plural of kolo (“midterm exam”)