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column en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • kŏlʹəm (Ireland)
  • kŏlʹjəm (Ireland)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɒləm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɑləm/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈkɑljəm/ (Ireland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin columna Old French columnebor. Middle English columpne English column From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “top, summit”).

Meanings

  1. A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
  2. A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
  3. A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
  4. A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
    • It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
  5. A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
    • Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
  6. (broadly) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
    • His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
    • I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about. 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
  7. Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
    • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
  8. The gynostemium.
  9. An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
columns Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

row (antonym(s) of “line of table entries”)

Deriveds

postcolumn · intercolumn · engaged column · microcolumn · column still · immunocolumn · column stinkhorn · column density · positive column · flying column · cortical column · columnization · dodge the column · eruption column · nanocolumn · semi-column · intracolumn · column echelon form · columnist · semicolumn · hypercolumn · columniferous · column shifter · water column · columned · encolumned · cybercolumn · social column · columniform · column space · Hathor column · clustered column · fifth column · columnar · column inch · Taylor column · a little from column A and a little from column B · Türck's column · Morris column · letter column · macrocolumn · pseudocolumn · columnlike · columnize · columnstore · precolumn · subcolumn · columnless · pseudo-column · columnal · sixth column · supercolumn · advice column · wide column store · fractionating column · steering column · column-wise · agony column · column of Türck · balloon column · multicolumn · control column · multiple-column · columnwise · minicolumn · vertebral column · personal column · society column · column vector

Hypernyms

beam (upright structure)

Synonyms

post (upright structure) · pillar (upright structure) · sile (upright structure) · pier (upright structure)

Translations (349)

ko 기둥 (upright supporting structure) · ur سَتُون (upright supporting structure) · nl zuil (upright supporting structure) · my စာမျက်နှာ ကော်လံ (newspaper column) · uz kolonna (upright supporting structure) · cmn 專欄 /专栏 (newspaper column) · uk шпа́льта (a vertical body of text) · km សសរ (upright supporting structure) · sk stĺpec (vertical line of entries in a table) · ro pilar (upright supporting structure) · fr colonne (vertical line of entries in a table) · tk sütün (upright supporting structure) · cmn 柱 (upright supporting structure) · da klumme (a vertical body of text) · eo kolumno (newspaper column) · ga colún (upright supporting structure) · ba бағана (upright supporting structure) · za saeu (upright supporting structure) · nrf colonne (vertical line of entries in a table) · pt coluna (upright supporting structure) · el στήλη (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · pt coluna (a vertical body of text) · mk шпалта (a vertical body of text) · es columna (newspaper column) · it colonna (column of troops) · sv kolonn (vertical line of entries in a table) · ja コラム (vertical line of entries in a table) · sv kolonn (column of troops) · sk rad (column of troops) · lv kolonna (upright supporting structure) · ru разде́л (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · pl kolumna (vertical line of entries in a table) · ota ستون (upright supporting structure) · it colonna (newspaper column) · ota دیرك (upright supporting structure) · be слуп (upright supporting structure) · ka ბოძი (upright supporting structure) · hy շարասյուն (column of troops) · hu hasáb (a vertical body of text) · eo kolono (column of troops) · pt coluna (column of troops) · sv kolonn (upright supporting structure) · sh сту̑б (upright supporting structure) · uk стовп (upright supporting structure) · ky түркүк (upright supporting structure) · it cronaca (recurring feature in a periodical) · de Spalte (vertical line of entries in a table) · sl steber (upright supporting structure) · gd colbh (upright supporting structure) · izh patsas (vertical line of entries in a table) · ro coloană (column of troops) · grc στῦλος (upright supporting structure) · es columna (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · ka სვეტი (upright supporting structure) · da klumme (newspaper column) · ja 柱 (upright supporting structure) · my အတွဲ (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · pl kolumna (column of troops) · cmn 柱子 (upright supporting structure) · fr colonne (upright supporting structure) · ru коло́нка (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · ko 단 (a vertical body of text) · ga colún (vertical line of entries in a table) · de Säule (upright supporting structure) · ru коло́нка (a vertical body of text) · ro coloană (vertical line of entries in a table) · zza estûn (upright supporting structure) · mk столб (upright supporting structure) · uk сто́впчик (vertical line of entries in a table) · rgn clôna (upright supporting structure) · ky столб (upright supporting structure) · be слупо́к (vertical line of entries in a table) · dlm chilauna (upright supporting structure) · ko 세로단 (vertical line of entries in a table) · egy iwn (upright supporting structure) · nn søyle (upright supporting structure) · ro columnă (upright supporting structure) · be калёнка (newspaper column) · hy սյունակ (newspaper column) · el στήλη (upright supporting structure) · tr sütun (upright supporting structure) · ja カラム (vertical line of entries in a table) · ca columna (upright supporting structure) · fa-ira سُتون (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · ru графа́ (vertical line of entries in a table) · eo kolono (upright supporting structure) · ota جدول (a vertical body of text) · ca columna (vertical line of entries in a table) · ru коло́нка (vertical line of entries in a table) · el στήλη (vertical line of entries in a table) · ba бағана (vertical line of entries in a table) · tt багана (upright supporting structure) · fi palsta (newspaper column) · mn багана (upright supporting structure) · ko 렬 (vertical line of entries in a table) · nl column (recurring feature in a periodical) · trc tucuáán caya̱ (a vertical body of text) · fi pylväs (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · dsb słup (upright supporting structure) · ar عَمُود (vertical line of entries in a table) · ko 칼럼 (vertical line of entries in a table) · uk графа́ (vertical line of entries in a table) · bg коло́на (a vertical body of text) · sl stolpec (vertical line of entries in a table) · alt баган (upright supporting structure) · be кало́нка (newspaper column) · da avisklumme (newspaper column) · es columna (column of troops) · uk коло́на (upright supporting structure) · ba баған (upright supporting structure) · alt бакана (upright supporting structure) · de Kolumne (newspaper column) · ca columna (column of troops) · eu habe (upright supporting structure) · ru коло́нна (upright supporting structure) · fi tolppa (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · mzn شلمن (upright supporting structure) · is súla (upright supporting structure) · sv krönika (recurring feature in a periodical) · tl tudling (vertical line of entries in a table) · ps ستنه (upright supporting structure) · he טוּר (newspaper column) · id kolone (column of troops) · rgn culôna (upright supporting structure) · sv spalt (a vertical body of text) · ja 列 (vertical line of entries in a table) · izh patsas (upright supporting structure) · he עַמּוּד (upright supporting structure) · sh stúbac (vertical line of entries in a table) · hy սյունակ (vertical line of entries in a table) · ota جدول (vertical line of entries in a table) · be калёна (column of troops) · it colonna (vertical line of entries in a table) · mi tīwae (a vertical body of text) · ru ру́брика (recurring feature in a periodical) · de Kolumne (a vertical body of text) · ko 칼럼 (newspaper column) · ba бағана (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · sh stȗb (upright supporting structure) · sh сту́бац (vertical line of entries in a table) · ko 원고 (newspaper column) · be кало́на (column of troops) · ca corondell (a vertical body of text) · ur سُتُون (upright supporting structure) · kmr stûn (upright supporting structure) · be кало́нка (a vertical body of text) · khb ᦉᧁ (upright supporting structure) · da kolonne (vertical line of entries in a table) · ms lajur (vertical line of entries in a table) · fi sarake (vertical line of entries in a table) · mi tīwae (newspaper column) · de Druckspalte (a vertical body of text) · az sütun (upright supporting structure) · id barisan (column of troops) · hu oszlop (vertical line of entries in a table) · ba бағана (a vertical body of text) · my တိုင် (vertical line of entries in a table) · nb spalte (a vertical body of text) · nb søyle (upright supporting structure) · pt coluna (vertical line of entries in a table) · nl kolom (vertical line of entries in a table) · ru графа́ (a vertical body of text) · ko 종렬 (column of troops) · et leheveerg (newspaper column) · ga colún (newspaper column) · grc κίων (upright supporting structure) · ps ستون (upright supporting structure) · mk колона (a vertical body of text) · et veerg (newspaper column) · uk коло́нка (vertical line of entries in a table) · ar عَمُود (newspaper column) · mk колумна (newspaper column) · be слупо́к (newspaper column) · ar عَمُود (upright supporting structure) · su nanjeur (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · uk коло́на (column of troops) · fr colonne (a vertical body of text) · oc colomna (upright supporting structure) · sh stȗp (upright supporting structure) · bg шпа́лта (a vertical body of text) · sl kolumna (newspaper column) · ro coloană (upright supporting structure) · xcl սիւն (upright supporting structure) · bg стълб (upright supporting structure) · be кало́нка (vertical line of entries in a table) · fa-ira سُتون (vertical line of entries in a table) · sh сту́пац (vertical line of entries in a table) · ru столбе́ц (vertical line of entries in a table) · id gumpalan (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · eo kolumno (a vertical body of text) · it colonna (chemistry : object to separate components) · sq kolonë (upright supporting structure) · kk бағана (upright supporting structure) · ru разде́л (newspaper column) · ru коло́нка (newspaper column) · be калёнка (a vertical body of text) · ru коло́нна (column of troops) · cmn 列 (vertical line of entries in a table) · bg графа́ (vertical line of entries in a table) · sh stúpac (vertical line of entries in a table) · ru разде́л (recurring feature in a periodical) · pl słup (upright supporting structure) · nn spalt (a vertical body of text) · he שַׁיָּרָה (column of troops) · ro coloană (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · hy սյուն (upright supporting structure) · hu hadoszlop (column of troops) · rhg fala (upright supporting structure) · uk коло́нка (a vertical body of text) · it rubrica (recurring feature in a periodical) · bg коло́на (vertical line of entries in a table) · fi pylväs (upright supporting structure) · ja 縦列 (column of troops) · be графа́ (vertical line of entries in a table) · fi kolonna (column of troops) · pt coluna (chemistry : object to separate components) · vi cột (upright supporting structure) · mk колона (vertical line of entries in a table) · nl colonne (column of troops) · uk графа́ (a vertical body of text) · egy w-xA-A-xt (upright supporting structure) · sk stĺpec (a vertical body of text) · hu oszlop (upright supporting structure) · fi kolonni (chemistry : object to separate components) · ro stâlp (upright supporting structure) · ro coloană (newspaper column) · my တိုင် (upright supporting structure) · be кало́на (upright supporting structure) · es columna (vertical line of entries in a table) · gd colbh (vertical line of entries in a table) · be слупо́к (a vertical body of text) · be шпа́льта (a vertical body of text) · cmn 欄 /栏 (a vertical body of text) · got 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (upright supporting structure) · ps رکن (upright supporting structure) · ar خَانَة (a vertical body of text) · ru столб (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · vo kolum (upright supporting structure) · fi palsta (a vertical body of text) · de Säule (chemistry : object to separate components) · fr colonne (chemistry : object to separate components) · arz عمود (upright supporting structure) · egy aA:Z1:M3 (upright supporting structure) · th คอลัมน์ (newspaper column) · hi सुतून (upright supporting structure) · ba бағана (newspaper column) · es columna (upright supporting structure) · lt kolona (upright supporting structure) · nl kolom (upright supporting structure) · es columna (chemistry : object to separate components) · hy սյունակ (a vertical body of text) · tr kolon (upright supporting structure) · lo ເສົາ (upright supporting structure) · cs sloup (upright supporting structure) · fo stólpi (upright supporting structure) · es columna (a vertical body of text) · ca columna (newspaper column) · la columna (upright supporting structure) · bg коло́на (newspaper column) · sh kolùmna (newspaper column) · ky колонна (upright supporting structure) · cmn 縱隊 /纵队 (column of troops) · th เสา (upright supporting structure) · bn স্তম্ভ (upright supporting structure) · et veerg (vertical line of entries in a table) · my ကော်လံ (newspaper column) · ms kolum (newspaper column) · nl kolom (a vertical body of text) · cop ⲥⲧⲩⲗⲏ (upright supporting structure) · fa-ira سُتون (upright supporting structure) · gez ዐምድ (upright supporting structure) · sl kolona (column of troops) · fa-ira سُتون (column of troops) · de Spalte (a vertical body of text) · id kolom (newspaper column) · be графа́ (a vertical body of text) · it colonna (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · gd colbh (newspaper column) · be калёнка (vertical line of entries in a table) · mi poupoutahi (column of troops) · sh колу̀мна (newspaper column) · akl haligi (upright supporting structure) · sv kolumn (a vertical body of text) · tet riin (upright supporting structure) · eu zutabe (upright supporting structure) · uz stolba (upright supporting structure) · ru коло́нка (recurring feature in a periodical) · mk колона (column of troops) · mi tumu (upright supporting structure) · sv kolumn (newspaper column) · pl kolumna (upright supporting structure) · fa-ira سُتون (newspaper column) · ja コラム (newspaper column) · el στήλη (newspaper column) · hi स्तंभ (upright supporting structure) · uk коло́нка (newspaper column) · it colonna (upright supporting structure) · ca columna (a vertical body of text) · sh сту̑п (upright supporting structure) · hu hasáb (newspaper column) · et sammas (upright supporting structure) · fi palsta (recurring feature in a periodical) · my ဒေါင်လိုက် စာပိုဒ် (a vertical body of text) · cmn 梁柱 (upright supporting structure) · pms colòna (upright supporting structure) · uk сто́впчик (a vertical body of text) · eo kolumno (vertical line of entries in a table) · da søjle (upright supporting structure) · sk stĺp (upright supporting structure) · ru столб (upright supporting structure) · sl stolpec (a vertical body of text) · cs sloupek (newspaper column) · cs sloupec (vertical line of entries in a table) · su taiyeur (something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above) · ug تۈۋرۈك (upright supporting structure) · mi tīwae (vertical line of entries in a table) · gl columna (upright supporting structure) · bg коло́на (column of troops) · sv kolumn (vertical line of entries in a table) · cop ϫⲱⲧ (upright supporting structure) · sv pelare (upright supporting structure) · fi rivistö (column of troops) · sv spalt (newspaper column) · alt баккан (upright supporting structure) · mi pou (upright supporting structure) · acw عامود (upright supporting structure) · pl kolumna (newspaper column) · bg коло́на (upright supporting structure) · ca columna (chemistry : object to separate components) · ga colún páipéir (newspaper column) · sk stĺpček (newspaper column) · th สดมภ์ (vertical line of entries in a table) · es pilastra (upright supporting structure) · cs sloupec (a vertical body of text) · de Kolonne (column of troops) · ru столбе́ц (a vertical body of text) · fi kolumni (newspaper column) · nrf colonne (upright supporting structure) · tg сутун (upright supporting structure) · ga colún (a vertical body of text) · gld тора (upright supporting structure) · pt coluna (newspaper column) · mt kolonna (upright supporting structure) · ett 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 class inanimate (upright supporting structure) · uz ustun (upright supporting structure) · ko 열 (vertical line of entries in a table) · cmn 列 (a vertical body of text) · kk тірек (upright supporting structure) · ja 段 (a vertical body of text)