columnar
/kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/adjective
columnar is spelled C-O-L-U-M-N-A-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, columnar means “Having the shape of a column” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in columnar?
| Letters | 8: C-O-L-U-M-N-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is columnar?
Columnar appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce columnar?
- US /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/
Columnar has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-columnar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does columnar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the shape of a column.
- 2
Constructed with columns.
- 3
Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Columnar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Having the shape of a column:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | colonnaire |
| German | säulenförmig |
| Spanish | columnar, cilíndrico, columnario |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does columnar come from?
From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).