adj
Meaning 1
Having the shape of a column.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
columnar
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.
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General-American: /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Constructed with columns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characterized by columns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- columnar construction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having the form of a column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- trees with columniform trunks
- columnar forms
- a columnlike tree trunk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: columniform, columnlike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: colonnaire — Having the shape of a column
- German: säulenförmig — Having the shape of a column
- Greek: κιονοειδής (kionoeidís) — Having the shape of a column
- Ancient Greek: κιονοειδής (kionoeidḗs) — Having the shape of a column
- Hungarian: oszlopos — Having the shape of a column
- Polish: kolumnowy — Having the shape of a column
- Russian: колонный (kolonnyj) — Having the shape of a column
- Spanish: columnar — Having the shape of a column
- Spanish: cilíndrico — Having the shape of a column
- Spanish: columnario — Having the shape of a column
- Swedish: pelarformig — Having the shape of a column
- Welsh: colofnog — Having the shape of a column
- Welsh: pilerog — Having the shape of a column
- Polish: kolumnowy — Constructed with column
- Russian: столбчатый (stolbčatyj) — Constructed with column