different between pollie vs collie

English

Etymology

From politician +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pollie (plural pollies)

1. (Australia, informal) A politician.
   • 2006, Shane Webcke, Ian Heads, Warhorse, page 99,

     I think politics attracts a particular type of person – and I don?t think I?m one of those. The pollies certainly need to be very dedicated and to be prepared to invest huge amounts of their time.

   • 2009, Laurie Oakes, Power Plays: The Real Stories of Australian Politics, 2011, Read How You Want, page iii,

     And I blamed media training, which resulted in mantra politics. (‘Ignore the questions,’ the pollies are told. ‘Keep repeating the message.’)

   • 2009, David Daniel, Rough as Guts, page 177,

     On another surveillance flight I accompanied a prominent pollie of the day, a big, bluff, ruddy-faced Minister.

English

Alternative forms

• colley, colly (dated)

Etymology

Perhaps originally from coal, with reference to its colour. Compare colly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

collie (plural collies)

1. Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs

Derived terms

• collie eye anomaly
• collie-shangie

Translations

Anagrams

• ocelli

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English collie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?li/, [?k??li]

Noun

collie c (singular definite collien, plural indefinite collier)

1. collie

Inflection

Further reading

• collie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English collie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kol?i?/, [?ko?l?i?]
• IPA^(key): /?kol?ie/, [?ko?l?ie?]

Noun

collie

1. collie
2. rough collie

Declension

Synonyms

• (rough collie): lassie, skotlanninpaimenkoira, pitkäkarvainen collie

See also

• bordercollie
• paimenkoira

Spanish

Noun

collie m (plural collies)

1. collie

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English collie.

Noun

collie c

1. collie

Declension