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
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The colonel gave the order to his men.
.
He became a colonel last year.
.
The colonel spoke with his officers.
cuarenta .
The colonel left the army after forty years.
Sevilla.
The colonel's daughter studies medicine in Seville.
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