el

masculine

/koɾoˈnel/

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Translation

colonel

Word origin

From Italian colonnello ('commander of a column of soldiers'), from colonna ('column'), itself from Latin columna. The same root gives English colonel and column.

Origin: Italian
Root: colonnello
English cognates: colonel, column

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcoroneles

Examples

The colonel gave the order to his men.

He became a colonel last year.

The colonel spoke with his officers.

The colonel left the army after forty years.

Sevilla.

The colonel's daughter studies medicine in Seville.

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This word is part of lesson 19.