English

Proper noun

Coll

1. A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today.
2. A patronymic surname​.
3. An island of the inner Hebrides in Scotland.

Derived terms

• pet form Colin

English

Verb

coll ‎(third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)

1. To hug or embrace.
   • 1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne:

     They kissed and colled in parks and fields and, better, a / Warm bed, her own.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʎ/

Noun

coll m ‎(plural colls)

1. neck
2. throat
3. collar (part of a garment)
4. neckline
5. (card games) suit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos ‎(“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m ‎(genitive singular coill)

1. hazel (wood of a hazelnut tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• cnó coill
• crann coill

References

• "coll" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol͈/

Etymology 1

coll

From Proto-Celtic *koslos ‎(“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

1. hazel (tree)

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: coll
• Manx: coull
• Scottish Gaelic: coll

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *koldom ‎(“destruction”).

Noun

coll n

1. destruction, injury, violation

Inflection

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: coll

Mutation

References

• “1 coll (‘hazel tree’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 coll (‘destruction’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coll ‎(“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslo- ‎(“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

1. hazel (tree):

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coll ‎(“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo- ‎(“destruction”).

Noun

coll m

1. destruction