colonel

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).

Verb

To act as or like a colonel.

Konzepte

Oberst

Obrist

Kapitän zur See

Synonyme

military officer

captain

group captain

major

officer

Col.

air force

chicken colonel

headmost

lieutenant

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkɜːnəl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

First attested 1548, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.

Sätze

Close shot of the COLONEL .

Naher Schuss des Obersts.