colonel
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank…A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
» Tom is a retired army colonel.
Том — армейский полковник в отставке.
Том — армійський полковник у відставці.
Значение
значений: 5A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
Oberst
полко́вникpolkóvnik
полко́вникpolkóvnyk
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
(историческое)A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.
An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.
(Southern US, устаревшее)An informal title used to address an elderly man.
(США)A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.
Примеры
предложений: 54Tom is a retired army colonel.
Том — армейский полковник в отставке.
ukТом — армійський полковник у відставці.
Tom is a colonel now.
Том теперь полковник.
I'm a colonel.
Я полковник.
deIch bin Oberst.
He holds the rank of colonel.
deEr hat den Rang eines Oberst.
Tom is a retired Army colonel.
Том - полковник в отставке.
deTom ist Oberst a. D.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
First attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“thFirst attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.
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