coli

See also: Coli, colí, çoli, and cóli

English

Escherichia coli

Etymology

Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

Noun

coli (plural coli)

1. (often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

   Synonym: colibacillus

   • 1939 January, Thomas T. Mackie, “The Specificity of the Agglutinin Reaction for Shigella dysenteriae: II. Agglutinin Absorption Relationships between Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli”, in Journal of Bacteriology‎^[1], volume 37, number 1, →PMID, archived from the original on 10 June 2020, page 47:

     Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.

Derived terms

• colibacillosis
• colibacilluria
• colibacillus
• coliphage
• colisepticemia

Related terms

• colicine
• coliform

Translations

Escherichia coli

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大腸桿菌 / 大肠杆菌 (zh) (dàcháng gǎnjūn)

• Finnish: kolibakteeri (fi)
• French: coli (fr) m, colibacille (fr) m
• German: Kolibakterium n, Kolibakterie f
• Hungarian: kólibaktérium (hu), kólibacilus (hu)
• Italian: colibacillo (it) m
• Polish: pałeczka okrężnicy (pl) f
• Russian: кише́чная па́лочка (ru) f (kišéčnaja páločka)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Clio, Coil, coil, loci

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞.li]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɔ.li]

Verb

coli

1. inflection of colar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoli/ [ˈt͡ʃo.li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: co‧li

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ngocok + Javanese peli. Equivalent to blend of mengocok +‎ pelir.

Noun

coli (plural coli-coli)

1. (vulgar, slang) masturbation

   Synonyms: masturbasi, onani, rancap

Verb

coli

1. (vulgar, slang) to masturbate

   Synonyms: masturbasi, onani, merancap

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay coli, culi, probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

Noun

coli (plural coli-coli)

1. (obsolete) bra

   Synonyms: anak baju (Standard Malay), baju dalam (Standard Malay), beha, bra, kutang

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Alas-Kluet Batak coli.

Noun

coli (plural coli-coli)

1. (dialect) ripe jackfruit

   Synonym: nangka matang

Further reading

• “coli”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Verb

coli

1. inflection of colare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Clio

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

Noun

cōlī n

1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colander, strainer”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

Noun

cōlī n

1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)
2. genitive singular of cōlon (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

Noun

colī n

1. genitive singular of colon (“colon (large intestine)”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

Verb

colī

1. present passive infinitive of colō

Malay

Seorang wanita memakai coli. — A woman wearing bra.

Alternative forms

• culi

Etymology

Probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoli/ [ˈt͡ʃo.li]
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoli/ [ˈt͡ʃo.li]
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoli/ [ˈt͡ʃo.li]
• Syllabification: co‧li

Noun

coli (Jawi spelling چولي, plural coli-coli or coli²)

1. bra; brassiere

   Synonyms: anak baju, baju dalam, bra, beha (Indonesia), kutang (Indonesia)

Derived terms

Compounds

• coli ala korset (“long-line bra”)
• coli jeluk (“plunge bra”)
• coli sari (“choli”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: (obsolete) coli (inherited)

Further reading

• "coli" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "coli" at PRPM first version)