See also: Coller

French

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Etymology

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colle (glue) +‎ -er. First attested in 1320.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.le/
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Verb

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coller

  1. (transitive) to stick (together), to glue
    coller une image sur un murto stick an image on a wall
    Le sang avait collé ses cheveux.The blood had stuck his hair together.
  2. (transitive) to approach too closely; to be too close
    Ne te colle pas comme ça à moi !Don't stick to me like that!
    Une voiture commence à me coller.A car is starting to follow me too closely.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to place
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to give; to hand over
  5. (intransitive) to fit well; to suit
  6. (intransitive, slang) to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze
    Arrête de coller, réveille toi.Stop being in a daze, wake up.
  7. (reflexive) to be sticky; to stick
    se coller au plafondto stick to the ceiling
  8. (reflexive, slang) to have an affair
    se coller avec une pouletteto have an affair with a chick

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈɟeɾ/ [koˈɟeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: co‧ller

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere. Cognate with Portuguese colher, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

Verb

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coller (first-person singular present collo, first-person singular preterite collín, past participle collido, short past participle colleito)

  1. (transitive) to grab, to seize
    Synonyms: agarrar, tomar
  2. (transitive) to pick up, to collect
    Synonyms: apañar, recoller
  3. (transitive) to catch, to capture
    Synonyms: pillar, trincar
  4. (transitive) to surprise
    Synonym: cachar
  5. (transitive) to reach
    Synonym: alcanzar
  6. (intransitive) to fit
    Synonym: caber
  7. (transitive, a sickness) to get sick
  8. (intransitive or pronominal) to spoil; to get infected
  9. (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
  10. (intransitive) to go to, to leave [with para ‘towards’]
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Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, colhar, from Latin cochleārem (spoon).

Noun

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coller f (plural colleres)

  1. Alternative form of culler

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Middle English

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Noun

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coller

  1. Alternative form of coler (collar)

Old Leonese

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Verb

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coller

  1. to take
    • 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):
      cuéllovos por filla e douos todo quanto yo e e deuo a auer,
      I take you as (my) daughter and I give all which I may have

Descendants

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  • Asturian: coyer, cuyer, cuer
  • Leonese: coyere, cullere