colmo

Signification (Anglais)

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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Concepts

comble

acmé

débordement

Synonymes

apogeo

cima

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cumbre

cúspide

Traductions

Gipfel

colmo

Höhepunkt

summit

height

boordevol

climax

heyday

overflow

apice

culmine

acme

straripamento

climax

superfluo

Coupé comme

col‧mo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkolmo/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de Old Spanish: colmo

Hérité de latin: cumulus

Hérité de latin: 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.