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Etymology [edit]
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + legare (“to send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).
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Wikipedia colleague (plural colleagues)
- A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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fellow member of a profession
- Arabic: زميل (ar) (zamīl) m, زميلة (ar) (zamīla) f
- Armenian: գործընկեր (hy) (gorçënker)
- Bulgarian: колега (bg) (koléga) m, колежка (bg) (koléžka) f
- Catalan: col·lega (ca), company (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 同事 (cmn) (tóngshì), 同僚 (cmn) (tóngliáo)
- Czech: kolega (cs) m
- Danish: kollega (da) c
- Dutch: collega (nl)
- Faroese: starvsfelagi (fo) m, arbeiðsfelagi (fo) m
- Finnish: kollega (fi), virkaveli (fi), virkatoveri (fi)
- French: confrère (fr), collègue (fr) m and f
- Georgian: კოლეგა (ka) (kolega)
- German: Kollege (de) m, Kollegin (de) f, Mitarbeiter (de) m, Mitarbeiterin (de) f
- Hebrew: עמית (he) ('amyt), עמיתה (he) ('amita) f
- Hungarian: kolléga (hu), kartárs (hu)
- Italian: collega (it) m and f
- Japanese: 同僚 (ja) (どうりょう, dōryō)
- Jèrriais: collègue m and f
- Korean: 동료 (ko) (dongnyo) (同僚 (ko)), 동업자 (ko) (dong-eopja)
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- Latin: collēga (la) m
- Macedonian: колега (mk) (koléga) m, колешка (mk) (koléška) f
- Norwegian: kollega (no) m
- Persian: همکار (fa) (hamkâr)
- Polish: kolega (pl) m, koleżanka (pl) f
- Portuguese: colega (pt) m and f
- Romanian: coleg (ro) m, colegă (ro) f
- Romansch: collavuratur (rm) m, collavuratura (rm) f
- Russian: коллега (ru) (kolléga) m and f, сослуживец (ru) (soslužívec) m, сотрудник (ru) (sotrúdnik) m, сотрудница (ru) (sotrúdnica) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: колега (sh) m and f
- Roman: kolega (sh) m and f
- Slovak: kolega (sk) m, kolegyňa (sk) f
- Spanish: colega (es) m and f, compañero (es) m
- Swedish: kollega (sv), arbetskamrat (sv) c, medarbetare (sv) c
- Telugu: సహోద్యోగి (sahOdyOgi)
- Turkish: çalışma arkadaşı (tr), meslektaş (tr)
- Vietnamese: đồng nghiệp (vi)
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colleague (third-person singular simple present colleagues, present participle colleaguing, simple past and past participle colleagued)
- To unite or associate with another or with others.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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