kolos
See also: kolos' and Kołos
English
Noun
kolos
- plural of kolo
Anagrams
- Sokol, looks
Czech
Noun
kolos m
- colossus
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). Cognate with French colosse, German Koloss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolɔs/, [kʰoˈlʌs]
Noun
kolos c (singular definite kolossen, plural indefinite kolosser)
- colossus
Inflection
Declension of kolos
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kolos | kolossen | kolosser | kolosserne |
| genitive | kolos' | kolossens | kolossers | kolossernes |
Synonyms
- (any creature or thing of gigantic size): gigant, mastodont, sværvægter
Related terms
- kolossal
Further reading
kolos on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Middle French colosse or otherwise directly from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /koːˈlɔs/
- Hyphenation: ko‧los
- Rhymes: -ɔs
Noun
kolos m (plural kolossen, diminutive kolosje n)
- colossus
Derived terms
- Colosseum
- kolos op lemen voeten
- kolossaal
Karao
Noun
kolos
- river; stream
Latvian
Noun
kolos m
- locative plural form of kols
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔlɔs
- Syllabification: ko‧los
Noun
kolos m inan
- colossus (statue of gigantic size)
- 1896, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis, ch. 29:
- Czyś był na Rodos oglądać miejsce, gdzie stał kolos?
- Were you at Rodos to look at the place where the colussus stood?
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- colossus (creature or thing of gigantic size)
- 2005, Roman Czejarek, Szczecińskie czterofajkowce, →ISBN, page 9:
- Skoro brytyjskie statki miały dwa lub trzy kominy, nowy niemiecki kolos musiał przyćmić ich sławę.
- Since the British ships had two or three stacks, the new German colusses had to steal their thunder.
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Declension
Declension of kolos
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolos | kolosy |
| genitive | kolosa | kolosów |
| dative | kolosowi | kolosom |
| accusative | kolosa | kolosów |
| instrumental | kolosem | kolosami |
| locative | kolosie | kolosach |
| vocative | kolosie | kolosy |
Further reading
- kolos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kolos in Polish dictionaries at PWN