Colon

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 See also 1.1.3 Translations 1.1.4 See also

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)

See also

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

Punctuation

Symbol	Name
'	apostrophe
[ and ]	bracket (US), square bracket (British)
:	colon
,	comma
—	dash, em rule
–	en rule
!	exclamation mark
-	hyphen
( and )	parenthesis, bracket (British)
.	period (US), full stop (British)
?	question mark
" or '	quotation mark, quote, inverted commas (British)
;	semicolon