kolom

From Middle Dutch colomme, from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of column and holm.

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kolom f (plural kolommen, diminutive kolommetje n)

1. (architecture) column

   Synonym: zuil

2. column, i.e. vertical line of entries in a table

   Antonym: rij

3. (typography) column, i.e. vertical body of text

• → Indonesian: kolom
• → Papiamentu: kolòm

From Bengali কলম (kolom).

kolom

1. pen

From Dutch kolom, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of kolone.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɔm]
• Hyphenation: ko‧lom

kolom (first-person possessive kolomku, second-person possessive kolommu, third-person possessive kolomnya)

1. column:
   1. a vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
   2. (printing) a body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
      1. a unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
      2. a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
   3. (architecture) a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

• (vertical line of table): lajur
• (recurring feature in a periodical): kolum (Standard Malay)
• (solid upright structure): pilar
• (solid upright structure): tiang

• “kolom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɔm
• Syllabification: ko‧lom

kolom f

1. dative plural of kola