コロン

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ロン [kóꜜròǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɾõ̞ɴ]
  • Homophone: 古論

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic ideophone, representing manner rather than sound. Compare ゴロゴロ (gorogoro, rolling).

Adverb

コロン • (koron) 

  1. (onomatopoeia, uncommon) slumping over
    • 2017, Shufu no tomo [housewife’s friend], 0~6-sai kodomo ga sugu ni suton! to nemureru hon [Make 0–6 year old children fall asleep thud!], page 68:
      「おやすみしたよね」と()うと、()(ぶん)からコロンとするように
      “Oyasumi shita yone” to iu to, jibun kara koron to suru yō ni
      If you say “We’re sleepy, aren’t we,” on their own like whump they'll go

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English colon, from Latin cōlon.

Noun

コロン • (koron) 

  1. a colon (punctuation mark)

See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cologne, from French Cologne. Doublet of ケルン (Kerun), コローニュ (Korōnyu), and コローニェ (Korōnye).

Noun

コロン • (koron) 

  1. cologne
Synonyms
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