Meaning
column, pillar
- column
- tailback (of traffic)
- file
In a sentence
C'è una colonna davanti al museo.
There is a column in front of the museum.
Hai visto che colonna in tangenziale stamattina?
Did you see that traffic tailback on the ring road this morning?
Non scrivere in quella colonna del foglio.
Don't write in that column of the sheet.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| colonna | feminine · singular |
| colonne | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- For traffic, Italians often say coda in everyday speech; colonna is common in news, road reports, and more formal contexts.
- In spreadsheets or newspapers, colonna means a vertical column; don't confuse it with riga, which is a row or line.
- For military or marching groups, in colonna means 'in single file' or 'in column formation,' not side by side.