He was raised to the rank of colonel two years ago.
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Colonel
//ˈkɜː.nl̩//
Synonyms for "colonel" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
97 translations across 75 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Albanian
1 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Arabic
4 entries- زَعِيم noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- زَعِيم رُتْبَة noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- عَقِيد noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- كُولُونِيل noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Armenian
1 entries- գնդապետ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Aromanian
1 entries- culunel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- polkovnik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- sərhəng noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Belarusian
1 entries- палко́ўнік noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Bengali
1 entries- কর্নেল noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Bulgarian
1 entries- полко́вник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Catalan
1 entries- coronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 上校 noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 上校 noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Czech
1 entries- plukovník noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Danish
1 entries- oberst noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Dutch
1 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Esperanto
1 entries- kolonelo noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Estonian
2 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- polkovnik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Finnish
1 entries- eversti noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
French
1 entries- colonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Galician
1 entries- coronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლკოვნიკი noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
German
1 entries- Oberst noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Greek
2 entries- σμήναρχος noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- συνταγματάρχης noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Gujarati
1 entries- કર્નલ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kolonèl noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַלּוּף מִשְׁנֶה noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Hindi
1 entries- कर्नल noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Hungarian
2 entries- ezredes noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- óbester noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Indonesian
1 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- سَرْهَنْگ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- کُلُنِل noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Italian
1 entries- colonnello noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Japanese
1 entries- 大佐 noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕರ್ನಲ್ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Kazakh
1 entries- полковник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Khmer
1 entries- វរសេនីយ៍ឯក noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Korean
2 entries- 대령 noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- 상좌 noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- полковник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Lao
1 entries- ພັນເອກ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Latvian
1 entries- pulkvedis noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pul̃kininkas noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- pul̃kininkė noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Macedonian
1 entries- полковник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Malay
1 entries- kolonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Maltese
1 entries- kurunell noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Manx
1 entries- curnal noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Marathi
1 entries- कर्नल noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Mongolian
2 entries- хурандаа noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠩᠳᠠ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Māori
1 entries- kānara noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Norman
1 entries- coronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- serheng noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oberst noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Pashto
3 entries- ډګروال noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- کرنل noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- کرنيل noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Polish
1 entries- pułkownik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Portuguese
1 entries- coronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Romanian
2 entries- colonel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- polcovnic noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Russian
1 entries- полко́вник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pukovnica noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- pùkōvnīk noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- пу̀ко̄внӣк noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- пуковница noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Sicilian
2 entries- culunnellu noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- culunneḍḍu noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Slovak
1 entries- plukovník noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Slovene
2 entries- polkovnik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- polkóvnica noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Spanish
1 entries- coronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Swedish
1 entries- överste noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Tagalog
1 entries- koronel noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Tajik
2 entries- полковник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- сарҳанг noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Tatar
1 entries- полковник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Telugu
1 entries- కర్నల్ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Thai
1 entries- พันเอก noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Turkish
1 entries- albay noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Turkmen
1 entries- polkownik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Ukrainian
1 entries- полко́вник noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Urdu
1 entries- کَرْنَل noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Uyghur
2 entries- شاڭشياۋ noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- پولكوۋنىك noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Uzbek
1 entries- polkovnik noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đại tá noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Welsh
1 entries- gyrnol noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאָלקאָווניק noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
- קאָלאָנעל noun (commissioned office in the armed services)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
He advanced to colonel.
Source: tatoeba (301280)
He holds the rank of colonel.
Source: tatoeba (304637)
He was promoted to colonel two years ago.
Source: tatoeba (430019)
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