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Yes. The word coll is a Scrabble US word. The word coll is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word coll is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

COLL,

3-letter words (1 found)

COL,

2-letter words (1 found)

LO,

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All 4 letters words made out of coll

coll ocll clol lcol olcl locl coll ocll clol lcol olcl locl cllo lclo cllo lclo llco llco ollc lolc ollc lolc lloc lloc

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Definitions and meaning of coll

coll

Etymology

From Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒl/
  • Homophone: call (with the cot-caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔʎ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Occitan còl and French cou.

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (anatomy) throat
    Synonym: gola
  3. (clothing) collar (part of a garment)
  4. neckline
  5. (card games) suit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin collis (“hill”).

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

  2. (archaic or regional) hill
    Synonyms: puig, turó
  3. col, pass (through hills)
    Synonym: pas
Derived terms
  • collet

Further reading

  • “coll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “coll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “coll”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Irish

Alternative forms

  • call (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kal̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form call)

Noun

coll m (genitive singular coill)

  1. hazel
  2. the letter C in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

Derived terms

  • cnó coill
  • crann coill

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

  1. hazel (tree)
Inflection
Descendants
  • Irish: coll
  • Manx: coull
  • Scottish Gaelic: coll

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *kolCos (“lost”), precise form uncertain, C could represent n, s, or d. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to break”).

Noun

coll n

  1. destruction, injury, violation
Inflection
Derived terms
  • coillid (“to destroy”)
    • Irish: caill (“to lose”)
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: coll, call m, coill, caill f
    • Scottish Gaelic: coll m (“destruction”)
    • Irish: caill f (“loss”)

References

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coll (‘hazel tree’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 coll (‘destruction’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔul̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m (genitive coill)

  1. hazel (tree)
  2. (obsolete) the letter C in the Ogham alphabet

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll m

  1. destruction

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɔɬ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /koːɬ/, /kɔɬ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll m (uncountable)

  1. loss
    Synonyms: aball, methiant, diffyg, pall

Adjective

coll (feminine singular coll, plural coll, not comparable)

  1. lost, missing

Etymology 2

See cyll (“hazel”).

Noun

coll f (collective, singulative collen)

  1. (obsolete) hazel
  2. (obsolete) twig

Derived terms

  • (current) cyll (“hazel”)
  • mapgoll (“avens”)

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wolof

Noun

coll (definite form coll bi)

  1. summit, peak, tip
  2. cormorant

References

  • Fal, Arame; Santos, Rosine; Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 53

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