different between colleague vs labmate

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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

lab +? mate

Noun

labmate (plural labmates)

1. A colleague working in the same laboratory.

Anagrams

• Lembata, tamable