colonel

noun

col·o·nel ˈkər-nᵊl How to pronounce colonel (audio)

: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

: lieutenant colonel

: a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S.

—used as an honorific title

colonelcy

ˈkər-nᵊl-sē How to pronounce colonel (audio)

noun

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English colonel is pronounced the same as kernel. This seems odd, but there is an explanation. In many languages when a word contains two identical or similar sounds, one of these sounds will often change over a period of time. This kind of change is called dissimilation. So when the Italian word colonello was taken into French, it became coronel; and the word was borrowed by the English from the French in this form. Later the spelling colonel came to be used in order to reflect the Italian origin of the word. But by then the pronunciation with r was well established.

Example Sentences

He retired as a colonel in the air force.

Recent Examples on the Web An invocation and benediction will be made by Liturgical Deacon Charles E. Barnhart, Jr., of the Keysville Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Commissioners President Ed Rothstein, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, will make remarks.

Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 The decade after the Civil War ended, a Confederate colonel named James Withers Sloss created a business empire in Birmingham on his belief that nearby coal deposits were vast enough to revive the region.

Shane Loeffler, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2022 Splashed across one wall of the exhibition is a reproduction of a 1786 painting that depicts the family of William Blair, a colonel in the East India Company.

Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 The order had been drafted by Douglas Macgregor, a retired colonel and a Trump favorite from his television appearances, working with a junior McEntee aide.

Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Those leaders can range from a staff sergeant to a colonel, Holland said.

Rose L. Thayer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Making matters worse is the murder of his best friend, Lothar, a fellow Stasi colonel whose body is found in the forest surrounding their homes.

Tom Nolan, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Christoph Waltz, playing a Nazi colonel, deploys the enigma to justify the Holocaust in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds.

Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 And a colonel who serves as a Guard finance officer and had been recommended for promotion to general has been charged with exposing himself to three women in a restaurant.

Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 See More

单词	colonel
释义	colonel noun col·o·nel ˈkər-nᵊl 1 a : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general b : lieutenant colonel 2 : a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S. —used as an honorific title colonelcy ˈkər-nᵊl-sē noun Did you know? English colonel is pronounced the same as kernel. This seems odd, but there is an explanation. In many languages when a word contains two identical or similar sounds, one of these sounds will often change over a period of time. This kind of change is called dissimilation. So when the Italian word colonello was taken into French, it became coronel; and the word was borrowed by the English from the French in this form. Later the spelling colonel came to be used in order to reflect the Italian origin of the word. But by then the pronunciation with r was well established. Example Sentences He retired as a colonel in the air force. Recent Examples on the Web An invocation and benediction will be made by Liturgical Deacon Charles E. Barnhart, Jr., of the Keysville Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Commissioners President Ed Rothstein, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, will make remarks. Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 The decade after the Civil War ended, a Confederate colonel named James Withers Sloss created a business empire in Birmingham on his belief that nearby coal deposits were vast enough to revive the region. Shane Loeffler, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2022 Splashed across one wall of the exhibition is a reproduction of a 1786 painting that depicts the family of William Blair, a colonel in the East India Company. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 The order had been drafted by Douglas Macgregor, a retired colonel and a Trump favorite from his television appearances, working with a junior McEntee aide. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Those leaders can range from a staff sergeant to a colonel, Holland said. Rose L. Thayer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Making matters worse is the murder of his best friend, Lothar, a fellow Stasi colonel whose body is found in the forest surrounding their homes. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Christoph Waltz, playing a Nazi colonel, deploys the enigma to justify the Holocaust in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 And a colonel who serves as a Guard finance officer and had been recommended for promotion to general has been charged with exposing himself to three women in a restaurant. Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna — see column First Known Use 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing colonel bird colonel lieutenant colonel chicken colonel bird colonel lieutenant colonel chicken colonel Kids Definition colonel noun col·o·nel ˈkər-nᵊl : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a general
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colonel

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