columnar

== English == === Etymology === From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/ === Adjective === columnar (not comparable) Having the shape of a column. Constructed with columns. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped). Coordinate term: cuboidal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Substantivation of apocopated columnāre, nominative neuter singular of columnāris (“columnar”) or directly from columna +‎ -ar. Columns were mostly made of marble, whence the name. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈɫʊm.nar] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈlum.nar] === Noun === columnar n (genitive columnāris); third declension marble quarry ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). ==== References ==== “columnar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “columnar”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kolumˈnaɾ/ [ko.lũmˈnaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: co‧lum‧nar === Adjective === columnar m or f (masculine and feminine plural columnares) columnar === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “columnar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA