colmo

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (masculine) summit, top
2. (masculine) height
3. (masculine) the extreme of a situation

Adj

heaping, protruding at the top

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of colmar

colmar

1. (transitive) to fulfill, satisfy
2. (transitive) to fill, fill to the brim
3. (transitive) to shower, heap
4. (transitive) to overwhelm

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Sinonieme

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cumbre

cúspide

Vertalings

comble

colmo

Gipfel

Höhepunkt

height

summit

boordevol

heyday

overflow

acmé

débordement

apice

culmine

acme

straripamento

Gekoppel as

col‧mo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkolmo/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old Spanish: colmo

Geërf van Latyn: cumulus

Geërf van Latyn: culmus

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish colmo, from Latin cumulus, following metathesis and syncopation, according to Ralph Penny and the Royal Spanish Academy, cf. tolmo from Latin tumulus. Doublet of cúmulo. The phonetically-similar Latin culmen survived as cumbre.