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column.

a recurring opinion piece in a newspaper or magazine; a column

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔ.lʏm/
  1. a recurring opinion piece in a newspaper or magazine; a column

    masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English column, from Middle English columne, 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”). Doublet of kolom and colonne.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.