colin
/ˈkɒlɪn/US/ˈkɑlɪn/
colin noun: the American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
Noun
colin (plural colins)
- The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
- To this belongs the Colin or Quail of New England and Partridge of the South […]1859, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom, volume 2, page 244
- Many efforts have been made to improve and increase the variety of our game stock, but whereas the Barbary partridge, the willow grouse, the colin, bob-white, button quail, and even tinamou have been tried and failed […]1923, Thomas Alfred Coward, Bird haunts and nature memories, page 206
Proper noun capitalized: Colin
Colin (plural Colins)
- A male given name
- That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin Clout (who knowes not Colin Clout?)1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16
- "My parents," Powell wrote, "were British subjects, and they named me Colin (KAH-lin). Being British, they knew very well how the name was supposed to be pronounced. But when I was a young boy, there was a famous American World War II hero whose name became very popular in the streets of New York...1992, Howard B. Means, Colin Powell, Donald J. Fine, published 1992, →ISBN, page 49
- A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas, from Ancient Greek.
- A male given name from Irish
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic
- A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.
colin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
colin in Hindi
- कोलीन
colin in Tamil
- கோலின்
colin in Marathi
- कोलीन, कोलिन
colin in Urdu
- کولن, کولین
More languagesFewer languages
- colin in Bengali
- কোলিন
- colin in Telugu
- కోలిన్
- colin in Malayalam
- കോളിൻ
- colin in Kannada
- ಕೋಲಿನ್
- colin in Punjabi
- ਕੋਲੀਨ, ਕੋਲਿਨ
- colin in Gujarati
- કોલીન, કોલિન
- colin in Odia
- କୋଲିନ, କୋଲିନ୍
- colin in Nepali
- कोलिन, कोलीन
Forms of colin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | colins |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Colins |
| alternative form | Collen |
| alternative form | Collin |
Origin of colin
From French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
(given name): * Coll + -in. Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas. * It has also been used to anglicize Irish Coileán and Scottish Gaelic Cailean.
Questions about colin
- What does colin mean?
- Colin means the American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
- What is colin in Hindi?
- Colin in Hindi is कोलीन. See Colin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is colin?
- Colin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce colin?
- Colin is pronounced /ˈkɒlɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of colin?
- The plural of colin is colins.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: colin (page history and authors); Colin (page history and authors); colin (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); colin (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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