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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

colonnare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kolonˈnare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Columnar/kəˈlʌm.nər/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il basalto mostra una tipica struttura colonnare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having the form or shape of a column or pillar.

    "The cave was filled with striking columnar rock formations created by cooled lava."
  2. 2

    Arranged in columns, as in a table, text layout, or database structure.

    "The spreadsheet uses a columnar layout to compare quarterly financial data side by side."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'column', originating from the Latin 'columna', meaning a pillar or round post, combined with the English adjectival suffix '-ar'. It entered scientific and architectural terminology in the 18th century to describe structures or patterns resembling columns.

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