Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to colonel
Participle: coloneled; colonelled
Gerund: coloneling; colonelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | colonel |
| you | colonel |
| he;she;it | colonels |
| we | colonel |
| you | colonel |
| they | colonel |
Perfect
| I | have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | have coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | has coloneled; colonelled |
| we | have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | have coloneled; colonelled |
| they | have coloneled; colonelled |
Past
| I | coloneled; colonelled |
| you | coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | coloneled; colonelled |
| we | coloneled; colonelled |
| you | coloneled; colonelled |
| they | coloneled; colonelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had coloneled; colonelled |
| you | had coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | had coloneled; colonelled |
| we | had coloneled; colonelled |
| you | had coloneled; colonelled |
| they | had coloneled; colonelled |
Future
| I | will colonel |
| you | will colonel |
| he;she;it | will colonel |
| we | will colonel |
| you | will colonel |
| they | will colonel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | will have coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | will have coloneled; colonelled |
| we | will have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | will have coloneled; colonelled |
| they | will have coloneled; colonelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | colonel |
| you | colonel |
| he;she;it | colonel |
| we | colonel |
| you | colonel |
| they | colonel |
Perfect
| I | have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | have coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | have coloneled; colonelled |
| we | have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | have coloneled; colonelled |
| they | have coloneled; colonelled |
Imperfect
| I | coloneled; colonelled |
| you | coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | coloneled; colonelled |
| we | coloneled; colonelled |
| you | coloneled; colonelled |
| they | coloneled; colonelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had coloneled; colonelled |
| you | had coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | had coloneled; colonelled |
| we | had coloneled; colonelled |
| you | had coloneled; colonelled |
| they | had coloneled; colonelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would colonel |
| you | would colonel |
| he;she;it | would colonel |
| we | would colonel |
| you | would colonel |
| they | would colonel |
Perfect
| I | would have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | would have coloneled; colonelled |
| he;she;it | would have coloneled; colonelled |
| we | would have coloneled; colonelled |
| you | would have coloneled; colonelled |
| they | would have coloneled; colonelled |
Imperative
| you | colonel |
| we | Let's colonel |
| you | colonel |
Verbs conjugated like 'colonel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'colonel'
clone,
channel,
cloke,
clome,
clonk,
close,
closen,
closet,
co-une,
coannex,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. First attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.
2. The French spelling was reformed late 16th century. The English spelling was modified in 1580s in learned writing to conform to the Italian form (via translations of Italian military manuals), and differing pronunciations (either with "r" or "l") coexisted until around 1650, where it came to be pronounced with "r" only. Spanish and Portuguese coronel, also from Italian, shows similar evolution by dissimilation and perhaps by influence of corona.
Sample Sentences
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Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling,
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And out he rode Colonelling. [1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London, page 2:]