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♦ column /ˈkɒləm/n.1 colonna (archit. e fig.; di mezzi, persone, cifre, ecc.): an Ionic column, una colonna ionica; a column of smoke, una colonna di fumo; a column of tanks, una colonna di carri armati; four columns of text, sei colonne di testo; (giorn.) ad columns, colonne degli annunci pubblicitari; (mat.) the tens column, la colonna delle decine; to walk in a column, camminare incolonnati2 (giorn.) rubrica: the sports column, la rubrica sportiva; correspondence column, (rubrica delle) lettere al direttore; column inch, pollice-colonna; to have a regular column, tenere una rubrica● (mecc.) column crane, gru a bandiera □ ( moda) column dress, tubino (lungo) □ (polit.) fifth column, quinta colonna □ (anat.) spinal column, colonna vertebrale. -
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♦ fifth /fɪfɵ/A a.quinto: in the fifth row, in quinta fila; the fifth year at primary school, la quinta elementare; This is the fifth longest river in the world, questo è il quinto fiume più lungo al mondoB n.1 (un) quinto; (la) quinta parte: (mat.) one fifth, un quinto (1/5); He came in fifth, arrivò quinto; She is ranked fifth in the world, è quinta nella classifica mondiale2 (mus.) quinta● (polit.) fifth column, quinta colonna □ (polit.) fifth columnist, membro di una quinta colonna □ ( a scuola, in GB) fifth form, classe quinta ( ultimo anno delle secondarie) □ fifth wheel, (mecc.) ralla; (autom.) ruota di scorta; (fig.) persona indesiderata o inutile, ultima ruota del carro □ (in USA, leg.) the Fifth Amendment, il Quinto emendamento (della Costituzione, che tratta dei diritti di un accusato, tra i quali quello di non testimoniare contro se stesso): to take the Fifth ( Amendment), rifiutarsi di rispondere (davanti a un giudice) invocando il quinto emendamento.
См. также в других словарях:
fifth column — fifth columnist. 1. a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country. 2. (originally) Franco sympathizers in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War: so called in allusion to a statement… … Universalium
fifth column — fifth col umn, n. [from a statement during the Spanish Civil War (1936) that the Falange had four columns of soldiers marching on the city, and a fifth column already there (i.e. sympathizers inside the Republican lines).] 1. a group of persons… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fifth column — ► NOUN ▪ a group within a country at war who are working for its enemies. DERIVATIVES fifth columnist noun. ORIGIN from the Spanish Civil War, when General Mola, leading four columns of troops towards Madrid, declared that he had a fifth column… … English terms dictionary
fifth column — n. [first used by the Sp Nationalist General Mola (1936), who, besieging Madrid with four columns from the outside, boasted of having a “fifth column” within] 1. those people in Madrid who aided the forces of Francisco Franco in his uprising… … English World dictionary
fifth column — 1936, from Gen. Emilio Mola s comment at the siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War that he would take the city with his four columns of troops outside it and his fifth column (quinta columna) in the city … Etymology dictionary
fifth column — fifth′ col′umn n. 1) gov a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country 2) gov (originally) Franco sympathizers in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War: the insurgents had four… … From formal English to slang
fifth column — n a group of people who work secretly to help the enemies of the country where they live or the organization in which they work >fifth columnist n … Dictionary of contemporary English
fifth column — noun count a group of people who secretly support enemies of their country or opponents of the organization they belong to ╾ ,fifth columnist noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fifth column — A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation. Origin The term originated with a 1936 radio address by Emilio Mola, a nationalist general during the 1936 ndash;39 Spanish… … Wikipedia
fifth column — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fifth column : singular fifth column plural fifth columns a group of people who secretly support enemies of their country or opponents of the organization they belong to Derived word: fifth columnist noun… … English dictionary
fifth column — an inside group of supporters of an outside force, possibly traitors; the fifth column Our children prevented our divorce. They knew who was causing our breakup they were like a fifth column! definition provided by Claudia Crowley … English idioms