collaborator

English

Alternative forms

• collaborateur (dated)

Etymology

From French collaborateur.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
• Hyphenation: col‧lab‧or‧a‧tor

Noun

collaborator (plural collaborators)

French marshal Philippe Pétain was a Nazi collaborator (second sense) who established Vichy France.

1. A person who works with others towards a common goal.

   Synonym: team player

2. A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

   Synonyms: turncoat, collaborationist

Translations

person who works with others towards a common goal

• Armenian: համաշխատող (hamašxatoġ), գործակից (hy) (gorcakicʻ)
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік m (supracóŭnik), супрацо́ўніца f (supracóŭnica)
• Bulgarian: сътру́дник (bg) m (sǎtrúdnik), сътру́дница f (sǎtrúdnica)
• Catalan: col·laborador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě)

• Czech: spolupracovník (cs) m
• Dutch: medewerker (nl) m, medewerkster (nl) f
• Esperanto: kunlaboranto
• Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani
• French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
• Galician: colaborador m
• German: Mitarbeiter (de) m, Mitarbeiterin (de) f
• Hungarian: közreműködő (hu)
• Icelandic: samstarfsmaður m
• Italian: collaboratore (it) m
• Maori: hoa mahitahi
• Polish: współpracownik (pl) m, współpracowniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: colaborador (pt) m
• Russian: сотру́дник (ru) m (sotrúdnik), сотру́дница (ru) f (sotrúdnica)
• Spanish: colaborador m
• Swedish: samarbetspartner (sv) c, medarbetare (sv)
• Ukrainian: співробітни́к m (spivrobitnýk), співробітни́ця f (spivrobitnýcja)

person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст m (kalabaracyjaníst), калабарацыяні́стка f (kalabaracyjanístka), калабара́нт m (kalabaránt), калабара́нтка f (kalabarántka)
• Bulgarian: колаборациони́ст (bg) m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通敵者／通敌者 (tōngdízhě), 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě)

• Czech: kolaborant (cs) m, kolaborantka f
• Dutch: collaborateur (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kätyri (fi), kollaboraattori (fi)
• French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
• German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Kollaborateurin (de) f
• Hungarian: kollaboráns (hu)
• Italian: collaborazionista m
• Japanese: 合作者 (がっさくしゃ, gassakusha), 協力者 (きょうりょくしゃ, kyōryōkusha)
• Korean: 합작자(合作者) (hapjakja), 협력자(協力者) (hyeomnyeokja)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: колаборациони́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka)
• Polish: kolaborant (pl) m, kolaborantka (pl) f, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: коллаборациони́ст (ru) m (kollaboracioníst), коллаборациони́стка (ru) f (kollaboracionístka), коллабора́нт (ru) m (kollaboránt), коллабора́нтка f (kollaborántka)
• Slovak: kolaborant m, kolaborantka f
• Sranan Tongo: redimusu
• Swedish: kollaboratör (sv) c, quisling (sv) c, femtekolonnare (sv) c, medlöpare (sv) c, samarbetsman c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колабораціоні́стка f (kolaboracionístka), колабора́нт (uk) m (kolaboránt), колабора́нтка f (kolaborántka)

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• Estonian: kollaborant, kaasajooksik
• Greek: συνεργάτης (el) m (synergátis)
• Italian: collaboratore (it) m, collaboratrice (it) f
• Norman: collaborateur m
• Spanish: colaborador m
• Turkish: birlikte çalışmak c, iş birliği yapmak (tr) c, ortak çalışmak c

See also

• collaborate
• collaboration

Latin

Verb

collabōrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō

References

• collaborator 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)