English

Noun

colon

1. (Grammar) The punctuation mark ":" introducing a quotation or a series of items, or separating clauses.
2. (Anatomy) The final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus

Synonyms

• large intestine
• large bowel (archaic)

See also

• bowel
• rectum

Translations

• Bulgarian: двоеточие n (1), колон m (2)
• Catalan: dos punts m, pl (1), còlon m (2)
• Czech: dvojtečka (1)
• Dutch: dubbelpunt n (1), karteldarm m (2)
• Esperanto: dupunkto (1), kojlo (2)
• Finnish: kaksoispiste (1)
• French: deux points m pl (1), côlon m (2)
• German: Doppelpunkt m (1), Kolon n (2), Grimmdarm m (2)
• Indonesian: titik dua (1)
• Interlingua: duo punctos pl (1)
• Italian: due punti m pl
• Japanese: コロン (koron) (1)
• Polish: dwukropek m (1), jelito grube m (2)
• Portuguese: dois-pontos m pl (1)
• Russian: двоеточие n (1), ободочная кишка (2)
• Slovak: dvojbodka f (1), hrubé črevo n (2)
• Slovene: dvopičje n (1), debelo črevo n (2), danka f (2)
• Spanish: dos puntos m pl (1), colon m (2)
• Swedish: kolon n (1)

See also

• Wikipedia article on colons (in punctuation)
• Wikipedia article on the colon (in anatomy)