collega

See also: col·lega

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ɣaː/

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• Hyphenation: col‧le‧ga
• Rhymes: -eːɣaː

Noun

collega m or f (plural collega's or collegae, diminutive collegaatje n)

1. colleague

   Mijn collega helpt me altijd bij het oplossen van problemen op het werk.

   My colleague always helps me with problem-solving at work.

   Ik ga vanavond uit eten met mijn collega's om een verjaardag te vieren.

   I'm going out for dinner with my colleagues to celebrate a birthday.

   Onze nieuwe collega heeft snel aansluiting gevonden bij het team.

   Our new colleague quickly integrated into the team.

   Morgen hebben we een vergadering met alle collega's om de nieuwe projecten te bespreken.

   Tomorrow, we have a meeting with all the colleagues to discuss the new projects.

Derived terms

• conculega

Related terms

• college

Descendants

• → Indonesian: koléga

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lè‧ga

Noun

collega m or f by sense (masculine plural colleghi, feminine plural colleghe)

1. colleague

Further reading

• collega in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa, -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lé‧ga, col‧lè‧ga

Verb

collega

1. inflection of collegare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Alternative forms

• conlēga

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Latin con-

Latin lēx

Latin -ō

Latin lēgō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin collega

From con- +‎ lēgō (“appoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈleː.ɡa/, [kɔlˈlʲeːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, [kolˈlɛːɡä]

Noun

collēga m (genitive collēgae); first declension

1. a partner (in office), colleague
2. (by extension) associate, companion, fellow, colleague

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	collēga	collēgae
genitive	collēgae	collēgārum
dative	collēgae	collēgīs
accusative	collēgam	collēgās
ablative	collēgā	collēgīs
vocative	collēga	collēgae

Derived terms

• collēgium

Related terms

• lēgō

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: col·lega
• → Dutch: collega
  • → Indonesian: kolega
• → Finnish: kollega
• → Friulian: coleghe
• → German: Kollege
  • → Polish: kolega
  • → Silesian: kolega
• → Italian: collega
• → Middle French: collegue
  • French: collègue
  • → English: colleague
• → Piedmontese: colega
• → Portuguese: colega
• → Romanian: coleg
• → Russian: колле́га (kolléga)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kolega
• → Slovak: kolega
• → Spanish: colega
• → Swedish: kollega
• → Yiddish: קאָלעגע (kolege)

References

• “collega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "collega", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• collega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

collega m or f by sense (plural collegas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of colega.
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 210:

     Reconheceu somente que era um pouco mais bonita que a generalidade das suas collegas.

     He recognized only that she was slightly more pretty than most of her colleagues.