colum

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (declension-2) colander, strainer
2. (declension-2, poetic) a wicker basket for catching fish

Συνώνυμα

colon

Μεταφράσεις

còlon

Grimmdarm

Kolon

colander

colon

côlon

passoire

colon

scolapasta

vergiet

passador

colador

kevgir

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˈkoː.ɫũː]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Perhaps related to quālus/quālum (“wicker basket”). No widely agreeable etymology has been suggested for either word, but compare Sanskrit चालन (cālana, “sieve, strainer”). De Vaan finds a connection with the root of quatio (“I shake, brandish”) conceivable.