Polyglot Dictionary

colonel

/kɔ.lɔ.nɛl/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les colonels

Meaning

  1. colonel

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Oberst

Oberst is the German word for the same thing — both mean "colonel."

Spanish

coronel

coronel is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "colonel."

Portuguese

coronel

coronel is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "colonel."

Practice

1 What does colonel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ inspecte les troupes ce matin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colonel?

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