cólon

See also: colon, Colon, colón, còlon, côlon, and Colón

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin colon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lõ/

  • Hyphenation: có‧lon

Noun

cólon m (plural (Brazil) cólons or (Portugal) cólones)

  1. colon (last part of the digestive system)
    Holonym: intestino grosso

Further reading

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