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Definition: Kohl |
KohlNoun1. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "kohl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Note: Kohl \Kohl\, noun. [See Alcohol.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Kohl |
| Specialty definitions using "kohl": Kohol. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Kohl" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (cabbage, kale, nonsense, rubbish, stew), Spanish (Kohl). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | On July 16, President Gorbachev and Chancellor Kohl announced agreement in principle on a united Germany in NATO. (references) | |
Economic History | Germany | Following national elections in March 1983, Kohl emerged in firm control of both the government and the CDU. (references) |
Germany | The Kohl government was hurt at the polls by slower growth in the east in the past two years, widening the economic gap between east and west. (references) | |
Germany | In October 1982, the SPD-FDP coalition fell apart when the FDP joined forces with the CDU/CSU to elect CDU Chairman Helmut Kohl as Chancellor. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Kohl" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.56% of the time. "Kohl" is used about 624 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.56% | 615 | 10,493 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.12% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 624 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "kohl" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Kohl | Last name | 3,000 | 4,089 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "kohl": kohl pencil ♦ kohl stick. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "kohl": kohl-black, kohl-brush, Kohl-bush, kohl-eyed, kohl-lined, Kohl-mitterrand, kohl-pot, Kohl-rabi, Kohl-rabies, kohl-rimmed, Kohl-severa. | |
Ending with "kohl": Gorbachev-kohl, Mitterrand-kohl, Waldheim-kohl. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kohl s.com | 765 | herbert kohl | 7 |
kohl | 709 | dept kohl store | 7 |
chantel kohl | 104 | kohl eyeliner | 7 |
helmut kohl | 71 | frida kohl | 6 |
kohl s | 54 | kohl s.com survey | 6 |
kohl department store | 46 | com kohl | 6 |
kohl mansion | 37 | building kohl product | 5 |
herb kohl | 34 | american chantel junior kohl | 5 |
kohl center | 28 | kohl center madison | 4 |
kohl store | 24 | bidrag helmut kohl | 4 |
89.3 kohl | 16 | kohl center madison wi | 4 |
senator kohl | 13 | francois helmut kohl mitterand | 4 |
senator herb kohl | 13 | department kohl s store | 4 |
kohl child museum | 11 | david kohl | 3 |
kohl lacey | 11 | dover kohl | 3 |
39 kohl s | 10 | kohl s,com | 3 |
kohl kohl pharma pharma | 9 | lawrence kohl | 3 |
frisch kohl | 8 | kohl wholesale | 3 |
kohl madden | 8 | coupon kohl | 3 |
kohl sudduth | 7 | kohl mike | 3 |
agency jack kohl | 3 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "kohl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Bojë Për Qepalla. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الكحل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 科爾 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Pudr Na Èernìní Oèí V Arabských Zemích. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | knudekål (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi), kaalrabi (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi), glaskålrabi (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | koolrabi (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kyssäkaali (kohlrabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Khôl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kohlrabi (kohlrabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γογγύλιο (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi), γογγυλοκράμβες (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi), λάχανο με γογγυλοκράμβη (cabbage turnip, kohlrabi, kohl-rabi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | װוך. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Fekete Szempillafesték. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Polvere D'antimonio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ohlkay Esboçar Com Vivacidade. (various references) Fard De Ochi. (various references) Краска "ля 'ек. (various references) kajal. (various references) Kohl, Afeite Para Los Ojos. (various references) ผงทาขอบตา. (various references) Sürme (application, continuation, cursor, drive, driving, eye liner, proscription, smear). (various references) Фарба "ля Повік. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | embi. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brassica oleacea var. caulorapa gongylodes, Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | al-kuhul. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "kohl": kohlrabi, kohlrabies, kohls. (additional references) | |
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"Kohl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cahl, Cohla, kah, Kahk, Kahle, Kehl, Khel, Khoele, Khol, Khoo, khou, Khul, ko, koal, Kogl, koh, Kohla, Kohm, kohn, koho, koil, koji, kol, kolf, koll, Konh, kool, koph, korl, Koshi, Koul, Koyli, kozlu, krooh, Ktholo, Kuh, kuhli, Kuhnle, Kumho, Kupho, mohl, Nkohla, Nkrohl, nohl, ohl, Okh, Okoshi, pohl, wohl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "kohl" (pronounced kō"l) |
| 3 | k ō" l | coal, Cole, skoal. |
| 2 | -ō" l | bole, Boll, bowl, cajole, control, decontrol, dhole, dole, droll, enroll, espanol, extol, foal, goal, hole, knoll, mole, ole, parole, patrol, pistole, pole, poll, role, roll, scroll, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, whole. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: holk. | |
| Words within the letters "h-k-l-o" | |
-2 letters: ho, lo, oh. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-k-l-o" | |
+1 letter: holks, kohls. | |
+2 letters: hokily, holked, kolhoz, shlock. | |
+3 letters: folkish, hemlock, hillock, hoblike, hoelike, hoglike, holking, hooklet, keyhole, kolache, kolhozy, kolkhos, kolkhoz, schlock, shlocks, shylock. | |
+4 letters: billhook, blockish, buhlwork, charlock, chockful, elkhound, gunkhole, hairlock, halakhot, halakoth, halolike, havelock, headlock, hemlocks, hillocks, hillocky, holdback, homelike, hoodlike, hooflike, hookless, hooklets, hooklike, hooplike, hornlike, kathodal, keyholes, kneehole, knothole, kohlrabi, kolhozes, kolkhosy, kolkhozy, kryolith, lathwork, lekythoi, lekythos, mothlike, schlocks, schlocky, sherlock, shoptalk, shylocks, sinkhole, yokelish. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6F 68 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- --- .... .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101111 01101000 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K o h l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006F 0068 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45817478 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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