cola

CEFRA2

/kˈoʊlə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet, dark, fizzy drink with a cola flavor.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

Examples

  • For a while, I was really into cola, drinking it every day.

  • This cola has gone flat and doesn't taste good.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkəʊ.lə/
  • /ˈkoʊlə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

  2. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

More examples

In context

  • The cola made my tongue tingle.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cola.

  • In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

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Origin

noun

From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.