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colo.

lap (upper legs of a seated person)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈkɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)

    masculine
  2. neck; collum (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

    masculine
  3. neck (part of a bone that connects its head to its body)

    masculine
  4. cervix (necklike portion of any part)

    masculine
  5. gap (mountain or hill pass)

    masculine
  6. the channel of an archegonium

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colo, from Latin collum (“neck”). Cognate with Galician colo, Spanish cuello, Italian collo, and French cou.

noun/ˈkɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈkɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. alternative form of cólon

    alt-of · alternative · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin cōlon (“colon”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).

verb/ˈkɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈkɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of colar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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