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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS:
    • IPA: /ˈkɝ.nəl/
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈkɜː.nəl/
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)nəl/

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Substantiivit
1.
  • Ääntäminen

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
  2. (historical) A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.
  3. An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.
  4. (Southern US, dated) An informal title used to address an elderly man.
  5. (US) A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.

Verbi

  1. (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.

Esimerkit

  • The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.

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