coli
See also: colí and çoli
English
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Escherichia coli
Etymology
Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.laɪ/
Noun
coli (plural coli)
- (often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
- 1939 January, Thomas T. Mackie, “The Specificity of the Agglutinin Reaction for Shigella dysenteriae: II. Agglutinin Absorption Relationships between Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli”, in Journal of Bacteriology, volume 37, number 1, PMID 16560187, page 47:
- Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.
- Synonym: colibacillus
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Derived terms
- colibacillosis
- colibacilluria
- colibacillus
- coliphage
- colisepticemia
Related terms
- colicine
- coliform
Translations
Escherichia coli
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Anagrams
- Clio, Coil, coil, loci
Catalan
Verb
coli
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of colar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of colar
- third-person singular imperative form of colar
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Javanese ngocok + Javanese peli. Equivalent to blend of mengocok + pelir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃo.li/
- Hyphenation: co‧li
Noun
coli
- (slang) masturbation
Synonyms
- masturbasi
- onani
- rancap
Verb
coli
- (slang) to masturbate
Synonyms
- masturbasi
- onani
- merancap
Etymology 2
From Malay coli, culi, probably from Hindi चोली (colī).
Noun
coli
- (obsolete) bra
Synonyms
- beha
- bra
- kutang
Etymology 3
From Alas-Kluet Batak coli.
Noun
coli
- (dialect) ripe jackfruit.
Further reading
- “coli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Verb
coli
- inflection of colare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- Clio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.liː/, [ˈkoːlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.li/, [ˈkɔːli]
Noun
cōlī n
- genitive singular of cōlum (“colander, strainer”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.liː/, [ˈkoːlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.li/, [ˈkɔːli]
Noun
cōlī n
- genitive singular of cōlum (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)
- genitive singular of cōlon (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.liː/, [ˈkɔlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.li/, [ˈkɔːli]
Noun
colī n
- genitive singular of colon (“colon (large intestine)”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.liː/, [ˈkɔlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.li/, [ˈkɔːli]
Verb
colī
- present passive infinitive of colō
Malay
Etymology
Probably from Hindi चोली (colī).
Noun
coli (Jawi spelling چولي, plural coli-coli, informal 1st possessive coliku, 2nd possessive colimu, 3rd possessive colinya)
- bra
Descendants
- Indonesian: coli