kol

• IPA^(key): [coɫ]

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kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. bush
2. (Zaqatala) forest

• “kol” in Obastan.com.

kol

1. Hard mutation of gol.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkol]

kol n

1. genitive plural of kolo

kol

1. (literary) Alternative form of kolem

kol

1. (literary) Alternative form of kolem

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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• Hyphenation: kol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. witch

   Synonyms: heks, toverkol

2. (Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock

   Synonym: tovenaar

kol (comparative koller, superlative kolst)

1. (Belgium) difficult, troublesome
2. (Belgium) magical

From Proto-Germanic *kullaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“head”).^[1]

kol m (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

1. white spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow

   Synonym: bles

• lok

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

kol n (genitive singular kols, uncountable)

1. coal
2. carbon
3. charcoal

< kolme, specifically the initial syllable

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol/, [ˈko̞l]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification^(key): kol

kol (colloquial)

1. (counting) three

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

• kolme

• klo

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

  Homophones: Kol

kol n (genitive singular kols, nominative plural kol)

1. (usually in the plural) coal
2. (in compounds) carbon (chemical element)
3. artist's charcoal

   Synonym: teiknikol

• kolefni
• kolkrabbi
• kolvetni

• kol- (used to add emphasis)

From Dutch kool (“cabbage”), from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”). Doublet of kubis.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. cabbage.

   Synonym: kubis

From clipping of kolonel (“colonel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. colonel.

A genericized trademark of the Japanese automobile nameplate Mitsubishi Colt, from English colt (“young male horse”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. Front-engine minibus or pickup.

From Dutch calculeren (“to calculate, to estimate”), from Latin calculātus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol

1. to calculate, to estimate, to check.

From Dutch kool (“coal”), from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl], [ˈkol]
• Hyphenation: kol

kol (first-person possessive kolku, second-person possessive kolmu, third-person possessive kolnya)

1. (colloquial) coal

   Synonym: batu bara

• “kol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Jones, Russell. 2008. Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.

From Proto-Turkic *kol.

kol

1. arm, hand

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kol”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ, Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to kas.

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

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.

• kol kas

• tol, šiol

kol d (plural kola ɦa)

1. river, watercourse

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

kol

1. woman

• Shailendra Mohan, Noun morphology in Nihali and Korku

kol

1. name

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

• kull

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”).

• IPA^(key): /koːl/
• Homophone: kål

kol n (definite singular kolet, indefinite plural kol, definite plural kola or kolene)

1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by køl

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/

kol n (definite singular kolet, uncountable)

1. coal

• kolsyre
• kolgruve
• kolsvart

• “kol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *kol, whence also Old English col, Old Norse kol.

kol n

1. coal

• Middle High German: kol
  • Cimbrian: kholl
  • German: Kohle
  • Luxembourgish: Kuel
  • Yiddish: קויל (koyl)

• kul

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

kol n pl

1. coal

• Icelandic: kol
• Faroese: kol
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kol
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kol
• Jamtish: kuł
• Old Swedish: kol, kul
  • Swedish: kol
• Danish: kul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kull

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: kol

kol

1. second-person singular imperative of kłuć

   Synonym: kłuj

• kol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *kolъ.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ́ʋ/

kȍl m inan

1. stake

• “kol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

kol m

1. time

kol m

1. growth

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

• IPA^(key): /koːl/

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• Rhymes: -oːl
• Homophone: kål

kol n

1. (uncountable) carbon
2. (uncountable) coal (either rock or charcoal)
3. (countable) a piece of coal

   ett glödande kol

   an ember

• (carbon): kol-14-datering, kolcykel, koldioxid, kolhydrat, kolmonoxid / koloxid, kolsyra, kolväte
• (coal): brunkol, grillkol, kola, kolgruva, kolkraft, kolmila, kolsvart, stenkol, träkol

• kol in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• klo, lok

From English cold.

kol

1. cold
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:8:

     Long apinun, taim ples i kol, tupela i harim God, Bikpela i wokabaut long dispela gaden, na tupela i hait namel long ol diwai.

     →New International Version translation

From English call.

kol

1. called

• kolim

• IPA^(key): /koɫ/, [ˈkʰo̞ʷɫ̟̊]

Inherited 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”).

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. arm
   • 1997, “Şımarık”, performed by Tarkan:

     Takmış koluna elin adamını
     Beni orta yerimden çatlatıyor

     Taking some other guy by the arm
     She's tearing me in two

2. handle
3. branch
4. (military) troop; patrol; column

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *kōl (“valley”).

kol (definite accusative kolu, plural kollar)

1. (dialectal) valley

kol

1. against