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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”).

347 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: haligi — upright supporting structure
• Albanian: kolonë — upright supporting structure
• Southern Altai: бакана (bakana) — upright supporting structure
• Southern Altai: баган (bagan) — upright supporting structure
• Southern Altai: баккан (bakkan) — upright supporting structure
• Arabic: عَمُود (ʕamūd) — upright supporting structure
• Arabic: عمود (ʕamūd) — upright supporting structure
• Arabic: عامود (ʕāmūd) — upright supporting structure
• Armenian: սյուն (syun) — upright supporting structure
• Old Armenian: սիւն (siwn) — upright supporting structure
• Azerbaijani: sütun — upright supporting structure
• Bashkir: бағана (bağana) — upright supporting structure
• Bashkir: баған (bağan) — upright supporting structure
• Basque: habe — upright supporting structure
• Basque: zutabe — upright supporting structure
• Belarusian: кало́на (kalóna) — upright supporting structure
• Belarusian: слуп (slup) — upright supporting structure
• Bengali: স্তম্ভ (stombho) — upright supporting structure
• Bulgarian: коло́на (kolóna) — upright supporting structure
• Bulgarian: стълб (stǎlb) — upright supporting structure
• Burmese: တိုင် (tuing) — upright supporting structure
• Catalan: columna — upright supporting structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 柱子 (zhùzi) — upright supporting structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 柱 (zhù) — upright supporting structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 梁柱 (liángzhù) — upright supporting structure
• Coptic: ⲥⲧⲩⲗⲏ (stulē) — upright supporting structure
• Coptic: ϫⲱⲧ (jōt) — upright supporting structure
• Czech: sloup — upright supporting structure
• Dalmatian: chilauna — upright supporting structure
• Danish: søjle — upright supporting structure
• Dutch: kolom — upright supporting structure
• Egyptian: iwn (jwn) — upright supporting structure
• Egyptian: w-xA-A-xt (wḫꜣ) — upright supporting structure
• Egyptian: aA:Z1:M3 (ꜥꜣ) — upright supporting structure
• Esperanto: kolono — upright supporting structure
• Estonian: sammas — upright supporting structure
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 class inanimate (fala) — upright supporting structure
• Faroese: stólpi — upright supporting structure
• Finnish: pylväs — upright supporting structure
• French: colonne — upright supporting structure
• Galician: columna — upright supporting structure
• Ge'ez: ዐምድ (ʿämd) — upright supporting structure
• Georgian: სვეტი (sveṭi) — upright supporting structure
• Georgian: ბოძი (boʒi) — upright supporting structure
• German: Säule — upright supporting structure
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls) — upright supporting structure
• Greek: στήλη (stíli) — upright supporting structure
• Ancient Greek: στῦλος (stûlos) — upright supporting structure
• Ancient Greek: κίων (kíōn) — upright supporting structure
• Hebrew: עַמּוּד (amúd) — upright supporting structure
• Hindi: स्तंभ (stambh) — upright supporting structure
• Hindi: सुतून (sutūn) — upright supporting structure
• Hungarian: oszlop — upright supporting structure
• Icelandic: súla — upright supporting structure
• Ingrian: patsas — upright supporting structure
• Irish: colún — upright supporting structure
• Italian: colonna — upright supporting structure
• Japanese: 柱 (hashira) — upright supporting structure
• Kazakh: бағана (bağana) — upright supporting structure
• Kazakh: тірек (tırek) — upright supporting structure
• Khmer: សសរ (sɑɑsɑsɑɑ) — upright supporting structure
• Korean: 기둥 (gidung) — upright supporting structure
• Northern Kurdish: stûn — upright supporting structure
• Kyrgyz: түркүк (türkük) — upright supporting structure
• Kyrgyz: столб (stolb) — upright supporting structure
• Kyrgyz: колонна (kolonna) — upright supporting structure
• Lao: ເສົາ (sao) — upright supporting structure
• Latin: columna — upright supporting structure
• Latvian: kolonna — upright supporting structure
• Lithuanian: kolona — upright supporting structure
• Lü: ᦉᧁ (ṡaw) — upright supporting structure
• Macedonian: столб (stolb) — upright supporting structure
• Maltese: kolonna — upright supporting structure
• Māori: pou — upright supporting structure
• Māori: tumu — upright supporting structure
• Mazanderani: شلمن — upright supporting structure
• Mongolian: багана (bagana) — upright supporting structure
• Nanai: тора (tora) — upright supporting structure
• Norman: colonne — upright supporting structure
• Norwegian Bokmål: søyle — upright supporting structure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søyle — upright supporting structure
• Occitan: colomna — upright supporting structure
• Pashto: ستنه (stǝ́na) — upright supporting structure
• Pashto: رکن — upright supporting structure
• Pashto: ستون (sutūn) — upright supporting structure
• Iranian Persian: سُتون (sotun) — upright supporting structure
• Piedmontese: colòna — upright supporting structure
• Polish: kolumna — upright supporting structure
• Polish: słup — upright supporting structure
• Portuguese: coluna — upright supporting structure
• Rohingya: fala — upright supporting structure
• Romagnol: clôna — upright supporting structure
• Romagnol: culôna — upright supporting structure
• Romanian: coloană — upright supporting structure
• Romanian: pilar — upright supporting structure
• Romanian: columnă — upright supporting structure
• Romanian: stâlp — upright supporting structure
• Russian: коло́нна (kolónna) — upright supporting structure
• Russian: столб (stolb) — upright supporting structure
• Scottish Gaelic: colbh — upright supporting structure
• Serbo-Croatian: сту̑п — upright supporting structure
• Serbo-Croatian: сту̑б — upright supporting structure
• Serbo-Croatian: stȗp — upright supporting structure
• Serbo-Croatian: stȗb — upright supporting structure
• Slovak: stĺp — upright supporting structure
• Slovene: steber — upright supporting structure
• Lower Sorbian: słup — upright supporting structure
• Spanish: columna — upright supporting structure
• Spanish: pilastra — upright supporting structure
• Swedish: kolonn — upright supporting structure
• Swedish: pelare — upright supporting structure
• Tajik: сутун (sutun) — upright supporting structure
• Tatar: багана (bağana) — upright supporting structure
• Tetum: riin — upright supporting structure
• Thai: เสา (sǎo) — upright supporting structure
• Turkish: kolon — upright supporting structure
• Turkish: sütun — upright supporting structure
• Ottoman Turkish: ستون (sütun) — upright supporting structure
• Ottoman Turkish: دیرك (direk) — upright supporting structure
• Turkmen: sütün — upright supporting structure
• Ukrainian: коло́на (kolóna) — upright supporting structure
• Ukrainian: стовп (stovp) — upright supporting structure
• Urdu: سُتُون (sutūn) — upright supporting structure
• Urdu: سَتُون (satūn) — upright supporting structure
• Uyghur: تۈۋرۈك (tüwrük) — upright supporting structure
• Uzbek: ustun — upright supporting structure
• Uzbek: stolba — upright supporting structure
• Uzbek: kolonna — upright supporting structure
• Vietnamese: cột — upright supporting structure
• Volapük: kolum — upright supporting structure
• Zazaki: estûn — upright supporting structure
• Zhuang: saeu — upright supporting structure
• Arabic: عَمُود (ʕamūd) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Armenian: սյունակ (syunak) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Bashkir: бағана (bağana) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Belarusian: кало́нка (kalónka) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Belarusian: калёнка (kaljónka) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Belarusian: графа́ (hrafá) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Belarusian: слупо́к (slupók) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Bulgarian: коло́на (kolóna) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Bulgarian: графа́ (grafá) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Burmese: တိုင် (tuing) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Catalan: columna — vertical line of entries in a table
• Chinese Mandarin: 列 (liè) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Czech: sloupec — vertical line of entries in a table
• Danish: kolonne — vertical line of entries in a table
• Dutch: kolom — vertical line of entries in a table
• Esperanto: kolumno — vertical line of entries in a table
• Estonian: veerg — vertical line of entries in a table
• Finnish: sarake — vertical line of entries in a table
• French: colonne — vertical line of entries in a table
• German: Spalte — vertical line of entries in a table
• Greek: στήλη (stíli) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Hungarian: oszlop — vertical line of entries in a table
• Ingrian: patsas — vertical line of entries in a table
• Irish: colún — vertical line of entries in a table
• Italian: colonna — vertical line of entries in a table
• Japanese: 列 (retsu) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Japanese: カラム (karamu) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Japanese: コラム (koramu) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Korean: 열 (yeol) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Korean: 렬 (ryeol) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Korean: 칼럼 (kalleom) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Korean: 세로단 (serodan) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Macedonian: колона (kolona) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Malay: lajur — vertical line of entries in a table
• Māori: tīwae — vertical line of entries in a table
• Norman: colonne — vertical line of entries in a table
• Iranian Persian: سُتون (sotun) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Polish: kolumna — vertical line of entries in a table
• Portuguese: coluna — vertical line of entries in a table
• Romanian: coloană — vertical line of entries in a table
• Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Russian: графа́ (grafá) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Russian: столбе́ц (stolbéc) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Scottish Gaelic: colbh — vertical line of entries in a table
• Serbo-Croatian: сту́бац — vertical line of entries in a table
• Serbo-Croatian: сту́пац — vertical line of entries in a table
• Serbo-Croatian: stúbac — vertical line of entries in a table
• Serbo-Croatian: stúpac — vertical line of entries in a table
• Slovak: stĺpec — vertical line of entries in a table
• Slovene: stolpec — vertical line of entries in a table
• Spanish: columna — vertical line of entries in a table
• Swedish: kolonn — vertical line of entries in a table
• Swedish: kolumn — vertical line of entries in a table
• Tagalog: tudling — vertical line of entries in a table
• Thai: สดมภ์ (sà-dom) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Ottoman Turkish: جدول (cedvel) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Ukrainian: коло́нка (kolónka) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Ukrainian: графа́ (hrafá) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Ukrainian: сто́впчик (stóvpčyk) — vertical line of entries in a table
• Arabic: خَانَة (ḵāna) — a vertical body of text
• Armenian: սյունակ (syunak) — a vertical body of text
• Bashkir: бағана (bağana) — a vertical body of text
• Belarusian: слупо́к (slupók) — a vertical body of text
• Belarusian: кало́нка (kalónka) — a vertical body of text
• Belarusian: шпа́льта (špálʹta) — a vertical body of text
• Belarusian: графа́ (hrafá) — a vertical body of text
• Belarusian: калёнка (kaljónka) — a vertical body of text
• Bulgarian: коло́на (kolóna) — a vertical body of text
• Bulgarian: шпа́лта (špálta) — a vertical body of text
• Burmese: ဒေါင်လိုက် စာပိုဒ် (daungluik capuid) — a vertical body of text
• Catalan: corondell — a vertical body of text
• Catalan: columna — a vertical body of text
• Chinese Mandarin: 欄 /栏 (lán) — a vertical body of text
• Chinese Mandarin: 列 (liè) — a vertical body of text
• Czech: sloupec — a vertical body of text
• Danish: klumme — a vertical body of text
• Dutch: kolom — a vertical body of text
• Esperanto: kolumno — a vertical body of text
• Finnish: palsta — a vertical body of text
• French: colonne — a vertical body of text
• German: Spalte — a vertical body of text
• German: Druckspalte — a vertical body of text
• German: Kolumne — a vertical body of text
• Hungarian: hasáb — a vertical body of text
• Irish: colún — a vertical body of text
• Japanese: 段 (dan) — a vertical body of text
• Korean: 단 (dan) — a vertical body of text
• Macedonian: шпалта (špalta) — a vertical body of text
• Macedonian: колона (kolona) — a vertical body of text
• Māori: tīwae — a vertical body of text
• Norwegian Bokmål: spalte — a vertical body of text
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spalt — a vertical body of text
• Portuguese: coluna — a vertical body of text
• Russian: столбе́ц (stolbéc) — a vertical body of text
• Russian: графа́ (grafá) — a vertical body of text
• Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — a vertical body of text
• Slovak: stĺpec — a vertical body of text
• Slovene: stolpec — a vertical body of text
• Spanish: columna — a vertical body of text
• Swedish: kolumn — a vertical body of text
• Swedish: spalt — a vertical body of text
• Copala Triqui: tucuáán caya̱ — a vertical body of text
• Ottoman Turkish: جدول (cedvel) — a vertical body of text
• Ukrainian: коло́нка (kolónka) — a vertical body of text
• Ukrainian: графа́ (hrafá) — a vertical body of text
• Ukrainian: сто́впчик (stóvpčyk) — a vertical body of text
• Ukrainian: шпа́льта (špálʹta) — a vertical body of text
• Armenian: շարասյուն (šarasyun) — column of troops
• Belarusian: кало́на (kalóna) — column of troops
• Belarusian: калёна (kaljóna) — column of troops
• Bulgarian: коло́на (kolóna) — column of troops
• Catalan: columna — column of troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 縱隊 /纵队 (zòngduì) — column of troops
• Dutch: colonne — column of troops
• Esperanto: kolono — column of troops
• Finnish: kolonna — column of troops
• Finnish: rivistö — column of troops
• German: Kolonne — column of troops
• Hebrew: שַׁיָּרָה (shayará) — column of troops
• Hungarian: hadoszlop — column of troops
• Indonesian: kolone — column of troops
• Indonesian: barisan — column of troops
• Italian: colonna — column of troops
• Japanese: 縦列 (jūretsu) — column of troops
• Korean: 종렬 (jongnyeol) — column of troops
• Macedonian: колона (kolona) — column of troops
• Māori: poupoutahi — column of troops
• Iranian Persian: سُتون (sotun) — column of troops
• Polish: kolumna — column of troops
• Portuguese: coluna — column of troops
• Romanian: coloană — column of troops
• Russian: коло́нна (kolónna) — column of troops
• Slovak: rad — column of troops
• Slovene: kolona — column of troops
• Spanish: columna — column of troops
• Swedish: kolonn — column of troops
• Ukrainian: коло́на (kolóna) — column of troops
• Arabic: عَمُود (ʕamūd) — newspaper column
• Armenian: սյունակ (syunak) — newspaper column
• Bashkir: бағана (bağana) — newspaper column
• Belarusian: кало́нка (kalónka) — newspaper column
• Belarusian: слупо́к (slupók) — newspaper column
• Belarusian: калёнка (kaljónka) — newspaper column
• Bulgarian: коло́на (kolóna) — newspaper column
• Burmese: ကော်လံ (kaulam) — newspaper column
• Burmese: စာမျက်နှာ ကော်လံ (ca-myakhna kaulam) — newspaper column
• Catalan: columna — newspaper column
• Chinese Mandarin: 專欄 /专栏 (zhuānlán) — newspaper column
• Czech: sloupek — newspaper column
• Danish: klumme — newspaper column
• Danish: avisklumme — newspaper column
• Esperanto: kolumno — newspaper column
• Estonian: veerg — newspaper column
• Estonian: leheveerg — newspaper column
• Finnish: palsta — newspaper column
• Finnish: kolumni — newspaper column
• German: Kolumne — newspaper column
• Greek: στήλη (stíli) — newspaper column
• Hebrew: טוּר (tur) — newspaper column
• Hungarian: hasáb — newspaper column
• Indonesian: kolom — newspaper column
• Irish: colún — newspaper column
• Irish: colún páipéir — newspaper column
• Italian: colonna — newspaper column
• Japanese: コラム (koramu) — newspaper column
• Korean: 원고 (won'go) — newspaper column
• Korean: 칼럼 (kalleom) — newspaper column
• Macedonian: колумна (kolumna) — newspaper column
• Malay: kolum — newspaper column
• Māori: tīwae — newspaper column
• Iranian Persian: سُتون (sotun) — newspaper column
• Polish: kolumna — newspaper column
• Portuguese: coluna — newspaper column
• Romanian: coloană — newspaper column
• Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — newspaper column
• Russian: разде́л (razdél) — newspaper column
• Scottish Gaelic: colbh — newspaper column
• Serbo-Croatian: колу̀мна — newspaper column
• Serbo-Croatian: kolùmna — newspaper column
• Slovak: stĺpček — newspaper column
• Slovene: kolumna — newspaper column
• Spanish: columna — newspaper column
• Swedish: kolumn — newspaper column
• Swedish: spalt — newspaper column
• Thai: คอลัมน์ (kɔɔ-lâm) — newspaper column
• Ukrainian: коло́нка (kolónka) — newspaper column
• Finnish: palsta — recurring feature in a periodical
• Italian: rubrica — recurring feature in a periodical
• Italian: cronaca — recurring feature in a periodical
• Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — recurring feature in a periodical
• Russian: разде́л (razdél) — recurring feature in a periodical
• Russian: ру́брика (rúbrika) — recurring feature in a periodical
• Swedish: krönika — recurring feature in a periodical
• Bashkir: бағана (bağana) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Burmese: အတွဲ (a.twai:) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Finnish: pylväs — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Finnish: tolppa — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Greek: στήλη (stíli) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Indonesian: gumpalan — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Italian: colonna — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Iranian Persian: سُتون (sotun) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Romanian: coloană — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Russian: разде́л (razdél) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Russian: столб (stolb) — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Spanish: columna — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Sundanese: nanjeur — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Sundanese: taiyeur — something having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above
• Catalan: columna — chemistry : object to separate components
• Finnish: kolonni — chemistry : object to separate components
• French: colonne — chemistry : object to separate components
• German: Säule — chemistry : object to separate components
• Italian: colonna — chemistry : object to separate components
• Portuguese: coluna — chemistry : object to separate components
• Spanish: columna — chemistry : object to separate components