collum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) The neck or throat.
2. (declension-2, neuter) A symbol of servitude.
3. (declension-2, neuter) A symbol of life.
4. (declension-2, metonymically, neuter) The neck of a flask or bottle; the neck of the poppy; the middle part of Mount Parnassus.

Concepts

neck

nape

throat

back of the neck

collar

nape of the neck

bob

Synonyms

cervix

nucha

cervīx

Translations

cou

collo

Hals

coll

cuello

pescoço

nek

hals

boyun

Nacken

hefik

qirrik

gerden

λαιμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɔl.lũː]

Etymology

Uncertain, but perhaps from Proto-Italic *kʷolsom, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolso- (“neck”, literally “that on which the head turns”), from *kʷel- (“to turn”). Typologically compare Old Armenian պարանոց (paranocʻ, “neck”); Russian во́рот (vórot), воротни́к (vorotník) (related to верте́ть (vertétʹ)).
See also Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”) (whence English halse (“neck, throat”)), Middle Dutch and Old Norse hals (“neck”).