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coronel.

colonel (commissioned office in the armed services)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ko.ɾoˈnɛw/Brazil[ko.ɾoˈnɛʊ̯]Brazil/ku.ɾuˈnɛl/Portugal[ku.ɾuˈnɛɫ]Portugal
  1. colonel (commissioned office in the armed services)

    masculine
  2. a politician in rural areas

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), from columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“going around”).

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