From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Meanings
The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause. 2005, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Penguin Press, page 15:
(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
From Latin cŏlon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).
Meanings
Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
Colorectal cancer refers to colon cancer, which starts in the colon, and rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum. 2025 March 21, Katia Hetter, “Reduce your risk of colon and rectal cancer with these basic steps”, in CNN:
nl karteldarm (the last part of the digestive system) · sk hrubé črevo (the last part of the digestive system) · ast colon (the last part of the digestive system) · ca còlon (the last part of the digestive system) · fi lynkkysuoli (the last part of the digestive system) · eo kojlo (the last part of the digestive system) · cs tračník (the last part of the digestive system) · fr côlon (the last part of the digestive system) · pt cólon (the last part of the digestive system) · az yoğun bağırsaq (the last part of the digestive system) · lt gaubtinė žarna (the last part of the digestive system) · sv tjocktarm (the last part of the digestive system) · gd caolan mòr (the last part of the digestive system) · hi बृहदांत्र (the last part of the digestive system) · da tyktarm (the last part of the digestive system) · fa کولون (the last part of the digestive system) · vo krasum (the last part of the digestive system) · mt kolon (the last part of the digestive system) · yue 結腸 /结肠 (the last part of the digestive system) · ta பெருங்குடல் (the last part of the digestive system) · es colon (the last part of the digestive system) · ja 大腸 (the last part of the digestive system) · tr kolon (the last part of the digestive system) · vi kết tràng (the last part of the digestive system) · fa پسروده (the last part of the digestive system) · acw قولون (the last part of the digestive system) · arz قولون (the last part of the digestive system) · hi कोलन (the last part of the digestive system) · no endetarm (the last part of the digestive system) · de Grimmdarm (the last part of the digestive system) · el κόλον (the last part of the digestive system) · sl danka (the last part of the digestive system) · ru ободо́чная кишка́ (the last part of the digestive system) · nv achʼíídííl (the last part of the digestive system) · ga drólann (the last part of the digestive system) · mr बृहदांत्र (the last part of the digestive system) · gl colon (the last part of the digestive system) · ko 굵은밸 (the last part of the digestive system) · mk дебело црево (the last part of the digestive system) · ko 큰창자 (the last part of the digestive system) · pl okrężnica (the last part of the digestive system) · ar قُولُون (the last part of the digestive system) · sl debelo črevo (the last part of the digestive system) · bg ободно черво (the last part of the digestive system) · ko 대장 (the last part of the digestive system) · hu vastagbél (the last part of the digestive system) · mi kōpiro nui (the last part of the digestive system) · oc colon (the last part of the digestive system) · ba йыуан эсәк (the last part of the digestive system) · de Kolon (the last part of the digestive system) · ba туҡ эсәк (the last part of the digestive system) · is ristill (the last part of the digestive system) · bg колон (the last part of the digestive system) · mr मोठे आतडे (the last part of the digestive system) · ru то́лстая кишка́ (the last part of the digestive system) · cmn 結腸 /结肠 (the last part of the digestive system) · cy colon (the last part of the digestive system) · sv grovtarm (the last part of the digestive system)
A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
The reaction of the European colons, a mixture of shock and fear, was to demand further draconian measures and to suspend any suggestion of new reforms. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 28: