columnar

English

Etymology

From Latin columnāris.[1] By surface analysis, column +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈlʌmnɚ/
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Adjective

columnar (not comparable)

  1. Having the shape of a column.
  2. Constructed with columns.
  3. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
    Coordinate terms: cuboidal, columnar

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. “columnar, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

cŏlumnār n (genitive cŏlumnāris); third declension

  1. marble quarry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cŏlumnār cŏlumnārēs
Genitive cŏlumnāris cŏlumnārum
Dative cŏlumnārī cŏlumnāribus
Accusative cŏlumnārem cŏlumnārēs
Ablative cŏlumnāre cŏlumnāribus
Vocative cŏlumnār cŏlumnārēs

References
  • “columnar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • columnar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Adjective

columnar m or f (masculine and feminine plural columnares)

  1. columnar
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