colla

See also: collà

English

Noun

colla

1. plural of collum

Anagrams

• lo-cal, local

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʎa/

Etymology 1

From Latin cōpula (“bond, tie”), influenced by coll (“neck”).

Noun

colla f (plural colles)

1. group, gang, band

   Synonyms: grup, banda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

colla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of collar
2. second-person singular imperative form of collar

Further reading

• “colla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Verb

colla

1. third-person singular past historic of coller

Anagrams

• local

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Italian

Etymology 1

Contraction of Italian con (“with”) and la (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkol.la], /ˈkolla/
• Hyphenation: cól‧la

Contraction

colla

1. contraction of con la; with the

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare French colle, Spanish and Portuguese cola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl.la], /ˈkɔlla/
• Hyphenation: còl‧la

Noun

colla f (plural colle)

1. glue or similar sticky material
2. size (substance)
3. (nautical) A rope used for lowering the sails

Derived terms

Derived terms

• colla di farina (“flour paste”)
• colla di pesce (“isinglas”)

• colloso (“sticky, gluey”)

Related terms

→

• collante (“glue; bond, link”)

• incollare (“to stick, glue; to paste”)

Anagrams

• alcol
• callo

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Latin

Noun

colla

1. nominative plural of collum
2. accusative plural of collum
3. vocative plural of collum

References

• colla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Latvian

Noun

colla f (4th declension)

1. inch

Declension

Declension of colla (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	colla	collas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	collu	collas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	collas	collu
dative (datīvs)	collai	collām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	collu	collām
locative (lokatīvs)	collā	collās
vocative (vokatīvs)	colla	collas

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Spanish

Adjective

colla (plural collas)

1. Colla

Noun

colla m or f (plural collas)

1. Colla