coluna

See also: Coluna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlũ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlũ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlu.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈlu.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧lu‧na

Etymology 1

colunas (1)

Borrowed from Latin columna, a collateral form of columen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.

Alternative forms

• columna (obsolete)

Noun

coluna f (plural colunas)

1. column (a vertical line of entries in a table)
2. (architecture) column; pillar

   Synonym: pilar

3. (anatomy) spine; backbone

   Synonyms: coluna vertebral, costas, espinha, espinha dorsal, espinhaço, dorso

4. (military) a military column (a long body of troops)
5. (typography) a text column (body of text meant to be read line by line)
6. (journalism) a periodical's column (a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece)
7. (electronics) loudspeaker (electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)

   Synonyms: altifalante, alto-falante

8. (chess) file

Meronyms

• (pillar): plinto, fuste, capitel

Derived terms

• quinta coluna

Related terms

Related terms

• colunar
• colunável
• colunata
• colunelo
• coluneta
• coronel
• Coluna

Etymology 2

Verb

coluna

1. inflection of colunar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned term from Latin columna.

Noun

coluna f (plural colunas)

1. Rare form of columna.

Further reading

• “coluna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16