cólon
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.lõ/
cólon is spelled C-Ó-L-O-N (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cólon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colon (last part of the digestive system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção média do intestino grosso que vai do ceco ao reto, composto pelos cólons ascendente, transverso…”.
What does cólon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolon (last part of the digestive system)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção média do intestino grosso que vai do ceco ao reto, composto pelos cólons ascendente, transverso, descendente e sigmoide; colo 2. segmento de um período com integridade sintática, mas cujo sentido só se revela após o enunciado dos demais membros da cláusula; o m. q. dois-pontos 3. segunda porção do intestino dos insetos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cólon
- cólons Brazil plural
- cólones Portugal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cólon?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.lõ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.lɔn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cólon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cólon in Portuguese?
cólon appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).