Noun: colon
| Singular | colon |
| Plural | colons; cola; coli |
Sample Sentences
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A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause. [2005, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Penguin Press, page 15:]
Nouns inflected like colon
colon,
Etymology
From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Verbs referencing "colon"
Finnish Nouns
koolon.