colonel

Signification

1. a colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals
2. an ice cream dessert consisting of lemon sherbet and vodka

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔ.lɔ.nɛl/

Étymologie

From Italian colonnello. Compare Middle French coronel, borrowed earlier from the same source. See English colonel for more.

Phrases

Son père est colonel , il a un frère major général et l'autre colonel .

His father is a colonel, he has a brother major general and the other colonel.

Il est colonel de cavalerie honoraire .

He is an honorary cavalry colonel.

Ils s'installeront finalement à Wilmington avec leur ami le colonel Toussard.

They finally settled in Wilmington with their friend Colonel Toussard.