kolo

See also: koło and kóló

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (wheel).

Pronunciation

Noun

kolo (plural kolos)

  1. A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
    • 1942: As we came to this promenade [...] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)

Anagrams


Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kóloò]

Noun

kolo

  1. (anatomy) bone

References


Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (circle), *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolo/
  • (file)

Noun

kolo n

  1. bicycle, bike
  2. wheel
  3. (sport): round

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kolo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kolo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolo/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Audio:
    (file)

Noun

kolo (accusative singular kolon, plural koloj, accusative plural kolojn)

  1. neck

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolɜ.

Noun

kolo

  1. hole
  2. groove
  3. notch, indentation
  4. burrow, den

Declension

Inflection of kolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kolo kolot
genitive kolon kolojen
partitive koloa koloja
illative koloon koloihin
singular plural
nominative kolo kolot
accusative nom. kolo kolot
gen. kolon
genitive kolon kolojen
partitive koloa koloja
inessive kolossa koloissa
elative kolosta koloista
illative koloon koloihin
adessive kololla koloilla
ablative kololta koloilta
allative kololle koloille
essive kolona koloina
translative koloksi koloiksi
instructive koloin
abessive kolotta koloitta
comitative koloineen

Verb

kolo

  1. Indicative present connegative form of koloa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of koloa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of koloa.

Anagrams


Hausa

Noun

kōlō m (plural kōlā̀yē, possessed form kōlon)

  1. A fixed-pitch drum, similar to the jauje.

Noun

kōlō m (possessed form kōlon)

  1. (derogatory) dog (abusive way to refer to a person)

Ido

Noun

kolo (plural koli)

  1. (anatomy) neck

Lindu

Noun

kolo

  1. tax debt

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

Noun

kolo m

  1. savoy

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔ/

Noun

kolo f

  1. vocative singular of kola

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (circle), *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôlo/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo

Noun

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

  1. wheel
  2. kolo
  3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

Declension


Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (circle), *kʷékʷlos. The sense "bicycle" is probably a calque of German Rad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlóː/
  • Tonal orthography: kolọ̑

Noun

koló n (genitive kolésa, nominative plural kolésa)

  1. wheel
  2. bicycle
Declension
Synonyms
  • (bicycle): bicíkel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkóːlɔ/
  • Tonal orthography: kọ̑lo

Noun

kólo n (genitive kóla, nominative plural kóla)

  1. kolo (dance)
Declension

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kool.

Noun

kolo

  1. cabbage

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Fijian koro).

Noun

kolo

  1. village
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