Grammatical class

Noun

colonne

(architecture) column, pillar (cylindrical part of a structure, for support)

Details

Syllables

co-lon-ne

Phonetics

ko.lɔn

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

2060

Freq. (movies)

4046

Freq. (news)

9808

Sentences

J'ai trouvé cette colonne intéressante.

I found this column interesting.

A1

Un frisson parcourut ma colonne vertébrale.

A shiver ran down my spine.

A1

La colonne vertébrale est composée de vingt-quatre os.

The spinal column is composed of twenty-four bones.

A1

Nous craignions que la balle ne se loge dans sa colonne vertébrale.

We were worried that the bullet would lodge in his spine.

A1

Le geyser propulse une colonne d'eau chaude toutes les deux heures.

The geyser goes off with hot water every two hours.

B2

Les invertébrés n'ont pas d'épine dorsale ou de colonne vertébrale.

Invertebrates have no backbone or spinal column.

B2