different between collections vs women

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?k??nz/
• Hyphenation: col?lec?tions

Noun

collections

1. plural of collection
2. (accounting, of an account) A state being beyond merely past due.

   We have sent your account to collections.

3. (accounting) A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.

   Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections.

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?k.sj??/
• Rhymes: -sj??
• Homophone: collection
• Hyphenation: co?llec?tions

Noun

collections f

1. plural of collection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?k.tj??/
• Rhymes: -tj??
• Hyphenation: co?llec?tions

Verb

collections

1. first-person plural imperfect indicative of collecter
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of collecter

English

Alternative forms

• See woman

Etymology

From Middle English wimmen, from Old English w?fmenn (“women”), from w?f (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife +? men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• Hyphenation: wom?en
• Homophone: woman (some dialects, common in New Zealand and South Africa)

Noun

women

1. plural of woman

   Three women went for a walk.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.

Related terms

• women's lib
• womenfolk

Noun

women

1. Misspelling of woman.

Anagrams

• Mowen, menow

Middle English

Noun

women pl

1. Alternative form of wommen