colonel
To act as or like a colonelTo act as or like a colonel.
» Tom is a retired army colonel.
Том — армейский полковник в отставке. — Balamax
Том — армійський полковник у відставці. — deniko
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1 sensesTo act as or like a colonel.
Examples
54 sentencesTom is a retired army colonel.
Том — армійський полковник у відставці. — deniko
ruТом — армейский полковник в отставке. — Balamax
He holds the rank of colonel.
deEr hat den Rang eines Oberst. — tatomeimei
Tom is a colonel.
Tom is a retired colonel.
deTom ist Oberst a. D. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a colonel now.
ruТом теперь полковник. — Balamax
Origin
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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Forms
colonels, coloneling, coloneled, coloneled| Base form | colonel · to colonel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | colonels |
| Present participle | coloneling |
| Past simple | coloneled / colonelled |
| Past participle | coloneled / colonelled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle