colon
/ˈkəʊlən/KOH-luhn
/ˈkoʊlən/KOH-luhn
Meaninga limb; a clause
Common meaning: a punctuation mark
Other meanings: part of the bowel
- colona limb; a section of a sentenceLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 865 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek κῶλον ‘a limb; a section of a sentence’.
Roots
- κῶλον Greek “a limb; a section of a sentence”
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