collateral

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈlætəɹəl/, X-SAMPA: /k@"l{t@r@l/

Adjective

collateral (not comparable)

1. parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3. being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.

   Although not a direct cause, the twin towers were certainly a collateral incitement for the war.

4. (family) of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

   Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.

   • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5,

     The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).

5. relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security
6. expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan

Derived terms

• collaterality
• collaterally
• collateral damage
• collateral form
• collateral security

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

parallel, along the same vein

• Bulgarian: успореден (bg) (usporeden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 旁系的, simpl. 旁系的 (pángxìde)

• Dutch: collateraal, neven-, zijdelings

• Finnish: rinnakkainen, rinnakkais-
• Japanese: 傍系の (ja) (bōkei no)
• Korean: 평행한 (pyeonghaenghan)
• Russian: боковой (ru) (bokovój)

accompanying, concomitant

• Bulgarian: съпътствуващ (bg) (sǎpǎtstvuvašt)
• Dutch: collateraal, neven-, begeleidend

• Russian: сопутствующий (ru) (sopútstvujuščij)
• Swahili: dhamana (sw)

aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary

• Bulgarian: косвен (bg) (kosven)
• Dutch: bij-, bijkomstig, hulp-, neven-, subsidiair, zijdelings

• Russian: побочный (ru) (pobóčnyj), косвенный (ru) (kósvennyj)

of an indirect, not linear ancestral family relationship

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 旁系親屬, simpl. 旁系亲属 (pángxìqīnshǔ)

• Dutch: zijdelings (verwant)
• Finnish: sivusukua oleva

• French: collatéral (fr)
• Japanese: 傍系親族の (ja) (bōkei-shinzoku no), 傍系縁者の (ja) (bōkei-enja no)
• Russian: боковой (ru) (bokovój)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: collatéral, indirecte

Noun

Wikipedia collateral (plural collaterals)

1. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
2. (now rare) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs

   Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals

Derived terms

• marketing collateral

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

security or guarantee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擔保 (cmn), 担保 (cmn) (dānbǎo)

• Czech: kolaterál (cs) m, zajištění (cs) n, zástava (cs) f
• Dutch: onderpand n, pand n
• Finnish: pantti (fi), vakuus (fi)
• French: collatéral (fr) m

• German: Sicherheit (de) f, Pfand (de) m
• Japanese: 担保 (ja) (たんぽ, tanpo)
• Korean: 담보물 (ko) (dambomul)
• Russian: поручительство (ru) (poručítelʹstvo) n, залог (ru) (zalóg) m
• Slovak: záloha (sk) f, zástava (sk) f
• Swedish: pant (sv)

collateral relative

• Dutch: nevenverwant m, zijdelings verwant m

branch of a bodily part

• Dutch: vertakking (nl)

printed materials to present business information

• Finnish: vakuus (fi)

• Japanese: パンフレット (ja) (panfuretto), カタログ (ja) (katarogu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: nantissement m

• Korean: 2차적인 (ichajeogin)
• Spanish: aval

See also

• mortgage