collega

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ɣaː/

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• Hyphenation: col‧le‧ga
• Rhymes: -eːɣaː

collega m or f (plural collega's or collegae, diminutive collegaatje n)

1. colleague

   Mijn collega helpt me altijd bij het oplossen van problemen op het werk.

   My colleague always helps me with problem-solving at work.

   Ik ga vanavond uit eten met mijn collega's om een verjaardag te vieren.

   I'm going out for dinner with my colleagues to celebrate a birthday.

   Onze nieuwe collega heeft snel aansluiting gevonden bij het team.

   Our new colleague quickly integrated into the team.

   Morgen hebben we een vergadering met alle collega's om de nieuwe projecten te bespreken.

   Tomorrow, we have a meeting with all the colleagues to discuss the new projects.

• conculega

• college

• → Indonesian: koléga

From Latin collēga.

• IPA^(key): /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lè‧ga

collega m or f by sense (masculine plural colleghi, feminine plural colleghe)

1. colleague

• collega in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eɡa, -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lé‧ga, col‧lè‧ga

collega

1. inflection of collegare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• conlēga

From con- +‎ lēgō (“appoint”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈleː.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈlɛː.ɡa]

collēga m (genitive collēgae); first declension

1. a partner (in office), colleague
2. (by extension) associate, companion, fellow, colleague

First-declension noun.

• collēgium

• lēgō

• “collega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "collega", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• collega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

collega m or f by sense (plural collegas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of colega.
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 210:

     Reconheceu somente que era um pouco mais bonita que a generalidade das suas collegas.

     He recognized only that she was slightly more pretty than most of her colleagues.