colonel
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colonel¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French colonel, from Middle French coronnel, which see.
noun colonei · equivalent coloneleasă · colonelă · colonel · colonelul
- colonel (military officer above lieutenant-colonel and below all generals)
colonel²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Kolonel.
noun colonel · colonelul · colonelului · colonelule
- glyph (a letter in a type of font)
Colonel³
Where it comes from
Diminutive of colun (“wild donkey”).
proper noun lui Colonel
- a surname
In English
- colonel commissioned office in the armed services
Talk about this word "colonel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/colonel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. colonel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colonel "colonel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colonel.Cite this
@misc{colonel_2026,
title = {colonel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/colonel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
