Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collum

/ˈkɑl.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: col-lum
IPA: /ˈkɑl.əm/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.

noun

name

Example Sentences

"No sooner does a little particle of food touch the edge of the delicate collar which surrounds the collum, than it adheres to it and is carried down by currents, that circulate up one side of the collar and down the other, to the end of the collum, in which, along with an accompanying drop of water, it becomes at once engulped^([sic])."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *kʷel-, collum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑl.əm/
British English: /ˈkɒl.əm/

Inflected Forms

colla (plural) Collums (plural)

Homonyms

column

Rhymes With

column solemn slalom gollum colomb golomb mccollom collom wollam mahlum golem

Questions

How do you pronounce collum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑl.əm/.
What does collum mean?: A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
Where does collum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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