collaboration

English

Etymology

Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, [kʰəˌlæbəˈɹeɪ̯ʃən]

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

collaboration (countable and uncountable, plural collaborations)

1. (uncountable) The act of collaborating.

   Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.

2. (countable) A production or creation made by collaborating.

   The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.

3. (uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

   He has been charged with collaboration.

Derived terms

• social collaboration

Related terms

• collaborate
• collaborator
• collaborative
• collaboratively

Translations

act of collaborating

• Albanian: bashkëpunim (sq) m
• Armenian: գործակցություն (hy) (gorcakcʿutʿyun), համագործակցություն (hy) (hamagorcakcʿutʿyun)
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўніцтва n (supracóŭnictva)
• Breton: kenlabour m
• Bulgarian: сътру́дничество (bg) n (sǎtrúdničestvo)
• Catalan: col·laboració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合作 (zh) (hézuò), 協作 (zh), 协作 (zh) (xiézuò)

• Czech: spolupráce (cs) f
• Dutch: samenwerking (nl) f, het samenwerken (nl)
• Esperanto: kunlaboraĵo, kunlaborado, kunlaboro
• Finnish: yhteistyö (fi), myötävaikuttaminen, myötävaikutus, kollaboraatio
• French: collaboration (fr) f
• German: Kollektivarbeit f, Zusammenarbeit (de) f, Kollaboration (de) f
• Greek: συνεργασία (el) f (synergasía)
• Hebrew: שיתוף פעולה‎ m (shituf pe'ula)
• Hungarian: együttműködés (hu)
• Indonesian: kerja sama (id), kolaborasi (id)
• Italian: collaborazione (it) f
• Japanese: コラボレーション (ja) (koraborēshon), コラボ (ja) (korabo), 協調 (ja) (きょうちょう,kyōchō), 協力 (ja) (きょうりょく, kyōryoku), 共働 (ja) (きょうどう, kyōdō), 合作 (ja) (がっさく, gassaku)
• Khmer: សហការ (saʼhaʼkaa)
• Korean: 협업 (ko) (hyeobeop), 협력 (ko) (hyeomnyeok)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: kerjasama
• Norwegian: samarbeid (no)
• Occitan: collaboracion (oc) f
• Old English: efnwyrċing f
• Polish: współpraca (pl) f
• Portuguese: colaboração (pt) f
• Romanian: colaborare (ro) f, colaborări f pl
• Russian: сотру́дничество (ru) n (sotrúdničestvo), коопера́ция (ru) f (kooperácija), совме́стная рабо́та f (sovméstnaja rabóta)
• Spanish: colaboración (es) f
• Swahili: kolabo (sw)
• Swedish: samarbete (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: imece (tr), iş birliği (tr), emektaşlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: співробі́тництво (uk) n (spivrobítnyctvo), співпра́ця (uk) f (spivprácja)

joint production or creation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合作 (zh) (hézuò), 協作 (zh), 协作 (zh) (xiézuò)

• Finnish: yhteistuotanto
• Greek: συνεργασία (el) f (synergasía)
• Japanese: コラボレーション (ja) (koraborēshon), コラボ (ja) (korabo), 合作 (ja) (gassaku), 共作 (kyōsaku)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: ngātahitanga
• Russian: совме́стная рабо́та f (sovméstnaja rabóta), сотру́дничество (ru) n (sotrúdničestvo)
• Swahili: kolabo (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

treasonous cooperation

• Armenian: կոլլաբորացիոնիզմ (hy) (kollaboracʿionizm)
• Belarusian: (зрадніцкае) супрацо́ўніцтва n (supracóŭnictva); калабарацыяні́зм m (kalabaracyjanízm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勾結 (zh), 勾结 (zh) (gōujié), 通敵 (zh), 通敌 (zh) (tōngdí)

• Czech: kolaborace (cs) f
• Dutch: collaboratie (nl) f
• Finnish: yhteistoiminta (fi), yhteistyö (fi) (vihollisen kanssa - with the enemy)
• French: collaboration (fr) f
• German: Kollaboration (de) f, Zusammenarbeit (de) f
• Hungarian: kollaborálás
• Japanese: 裏切り (うらぎり, uragiri) (treason), 利敵協力 (りてききょうりょく, riteki kyōryoku)
• Malay: persekongkolan, ڤرسکوڠکولن‎ (persekungkulan), persubahatan, kolaborasi
• Polish: kolaboracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: conspiração (pt) f, formação de quadrilha f
• Russian: (предательское) сотру́дничество (ru) n (sotrúdničestvo), коллаборациони́зм (ru) m (kollaboracionízm)
• Ukrainian: (зрадницька) співпра́ця (uk) f (spivprácja); колабораціоні́зм (uk) m (kolaboracionízm), колабора́ція f (kolaborácija), колабора́нтство n (kolaborántstvo)

References

• “collaboration”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “collaboration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "collaboration" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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French

Etymology

From collaborer +‎ -tion, from Late Latin collaboratio, from Latin com- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
• Homophone: collaborations
• Hyphenation: co‧lla‧bo‧ra‧tion

Noun

collaboration f (plural collaborations)

1. collaboration

Further reading

• “collaboration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.