name
Meaning 1
A historical city in Ancient Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
colophon
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləˌfɒn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-fən/
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General-American: /ˈkɑləˌfɑn/
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General-American: /-fən/
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UK: /ˈkɒləfən/
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noun
Meaning 2
In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 3
A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 4
A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, broadly
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noun
Meaning 5
A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emblem
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κολοφών (Kolophṓn).
Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: Colofó — city
- German: Kolophon — city
- Japanese: コロポン (Koropon) — city
- Latin: Colophōn — city
- Marathi: कोलोफोन (kolophon) — city
- Polish: Kolofon — city
- Portuguese: Cólofon — city
- Spanish: Colofón — city
- Armenian: հիշատակարան (hišatakaran) — end note about author and manuscript
- Dutch: colofon — end note about author and manuscript
- Esperanto: kolofono — end note about author and manuscript
- Finnish: kolofoni — end note about author and manuscript
- French: colophon — end note about author and manuscript
- Galician: colofón — end note about author and manuscript
- German: Kolophon — end note about author and manuscript
- Italian: colofone — end note about author and manuscript
- Japanese: 奥付 (okuzuke) — end note about author and manuscript
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolofon — end note about author and manuscript
- Polish: kolofon — end note about author and manuscript
- Portuguese: colofão — end note about author and manuscript
- Russian: колофо́н (kolofón) — end note about author and manuscript
- Spanish: colofón — end note about author and manuscript
- Turkish: baskı bilgisi — end note about author and manuscript
- Chinese Mandarin: 版权页 (bǎnquányè) — printer notice at the end of a book
- French: achevé d’imprimer — printer notice at the end of a book
- Hungarian: kolofon — printer notice at the end of a book
- Hungarian: impresszum — printer notice at the end of a book
- Latvian: kolofons — printer notice at the end of a book
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolofon — printer notice at the end of a book
- Polish: kolofon — printer notice at the end of a book
- Portuguese: colofão — printer notice at the end of a book
- Russian: концо́вка (koncóvka) — printer notice at the end of a book
- Russian: колофо́н (kolofón) — printer notice at the end of a book
- Swedish: kolofon — printer notice at the end of a book