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colleague
English
Etymology
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + legare (“to send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?li?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?li??/
- Hyphenation: col?league
Noun
colleague (plural colleagues)
- A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Synonyms
- coworker
- workmate
- See also Thesaurus:associate
Related terms
- collegial
- collegiate
Translations
See also
Do not confuse with:
- college (distant cognate, from Latin)
- collage
Verb
colleague (third-person singular simple present colleagues, present participle colleaguing, simple past and past participle colleagued)
- To unite or associate with another or with others.
- Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)
Further reading
- colleague in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- colleague in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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collegue
English
Noun
collegue
- Misspelling of colleague.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collega.
Noun
collegue m (plural collegues)
- co-worker; colleague
References
- “collègue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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