colher

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /koˈʎeɾ/
    • Rhymes: -eɾ

    Verb

    colher

    1. to collect, to gather
    2. to pick up, to harvest

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Galician: coller
    • Portuguese: colher

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

      From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochleārem (spoon). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, French cuillère, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Compare with caracol (snail).

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈʎɛʁ/ [koˈʎɛh], /kuˈʎɛʁ/ [kuˈʎɛh]
        • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈʎɛɾ/, /kuˈʎɛɾ/
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈʎɛʁ/ [koˈʎɛχ], /kuˈʎɛʁ/ [kuˈʎɛχ]
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈʎɛɻ/
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʎɛɾ/
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʎɛ.ɾi/

      • Hyphenation: co‧lher

      Noun

      colher f (plural colheres)

      1. spoon (eating utensil)
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Kabuverdianu: kudjer
      • Itsekiri: ukujẹ́rẹ̀

      Etymology 2

        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather). Compare also the borrowed doublets coligir and coligar. Cognate with Galician coller, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

         
        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [koˈʎe(h)]
          • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈʎe(ɾ)/
          • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [koˈʎe(χ)]
          • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈʎe(ɻ)/
         
        • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʎeɾ/
          • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʎe.ɾi/

        • Hyphenation: co‧lher

        Verb

        colher (first-person singular present colho, first-person singular preterite colhi, past participle colhido)

        1. to harvest, get, reap, gather
        Conjugation