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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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participant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin particip?ns, present participle of particip?; see participate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???t?s?p?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /p????t?s?p?nt/, /p???t?s?p?nt/
Noun
participant (plural participants)
- One who participates.
Synonyms
- entrant, partaker, participator
Translations
Adjective
participant (not comparable)
- Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
- Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;
Further reading
- participant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- participant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- participant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.ti.si?pant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.ti.si?pan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?.ti.si?pant/
Noun
participant m or f (plural participants)
- participant
Verb
participant
- present participle of participar
Further reading
- “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “participant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “participant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “participant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Noun
participant m (plural participants, feminine participante)
- participant
Verb
participant
- present participle of participer
Further reading
- “participant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
participant
- third-person plural present active indicative of particip?
Occitan
Noun
participant m or f (plural participants)
- participant
Related terms
- participar
Romanian
Etymology
From French participant
Noun
participant m (plural participan?i)
- participant
Declension
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