From Latincōlon(“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greekκῶλον(kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Noun
colon (pluralcolonsorcola)
The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
(palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Synonyms
(punctuation mark):colon-point(obsolete)
Derived terms
colon-point
semicolon (semi-colon)
Translations
See also
Wikipedia article on colons (in punctuation)
Punctuation
Etymology 2
From Latincŏlon(“large intestine”), from Ancient Greekκόλον(kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).
Noun
colon (pluralcolonsorcolaorcoli)
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
Holonyms
(segment of digestive system):large intestine, large bowel
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Wikipedia article on the colon (in anatomy)
bowel
large intestine
rectum
Etymology 3
From Frenchcolon.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /kəˈlɒn/
(US) IPA(key): /kəˈloʊn/, /koʊ.loʊn/
Noun
colon (pluralcolons)
(obsolete) A husbandman.
A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
Alternative forms
colone
Further reading
https://web.archive.org/web/20050326041700/http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/colon.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.
“colon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“colon”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“colon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Locon, locon, lonco
Asturian
Noun
colonm (pluralcólones)
(anatomy) colon (digestive system)
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[kuˈlon]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian)[koˈlon]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latincolōnus.
Noun
colonm (pluralcolons, femininecolona)
colonist, settler
farmer during the Roman Empire
Related terms
colònia
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanishcolón.
Noun
colonm (pluralcolons)
(numismatics) colon (currency unit of Costa Rica, and formerly of El Salvador)
Further reading
“colon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto
Noun
colon
accusative singular of colo
French
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latincolōnus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ̃/
Noun
colonm (pluralcolons)
colonist, colonizer
settler (in a French colony)
Laurent Lamoine, Le Pouvoir locale en Gaule romaine, 2009, 240.
Sous les auspices du dictateur A. Cornelius Cossus, les Romains viennent de remporter une victoire sur leurs voisins Volsques, Latins et Herniques, associés aux colons romains en rébellion de Circéi et Vélitrae.
camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
José Casatéjada, Via Compostela: Des Monts du Velay à la Costa da Morte, 2015, 243.
Une fois encore, ils me ramènant à mon enfance, aux colonies de vacances. Aves les autres petits colons, mes frères et moi trottions sur les chemins de traverse pour aller jouer dans les près ou à la rivière.
sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
(vulgar, Canada) hillbilly, hick
Related terms
colonie
coloniser
Etymology 2
See côlon.
Noun
colon
Misspelling of côlon.
Further reading
“colon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of colonel.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ̃/
(military slang) colonel
Derived terms
mon colon(interjection)
Interlingua
Noun
colon (uncountable)
(anatomy) colon
Italian
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from Latincolon, from Ancient Greekκόλον(kólon).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lon/
Rhymes: -ɔlon
Hyphenation: cò‧lon
Noun
colonm (invariable)
(anatomy)colon(part of the body)
Derived terms
colectomia
colite
colon ascendente
colon discendente
colon sigmoideo
colon trasverso
colonscopia
colostomia
sindrome del colon irritabile
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from Latincōlon, from Ancient Greekκῶλον(kôlon).