colher

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Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

colher

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

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Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: coller
  • Portuguese: colher

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

colher

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[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lher

Noun[edit]

colher f (plural colheres)

  1. spoon (eating utensil)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lher

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to harvest, get, reap, gather
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