collaborator

English

Etymology

From French collaborateur.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

collaborator (plural collaborators)

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

• Catalan: col·laborador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě)

• Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
• Hungarian: közreműködő (hu)
• Russian: сотру́дник (ru) m (sotrúdnik), сотру́дница (ru) f (sotrúdnica)

person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy

• Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст m (kalabaracyjaníst), калабарацыяні́стка f (kalabaracyjanístka)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: kätyri (fi), kollaboraattori (fi)
• French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Kollaborateurin (de) f
• Hungarian: kollaboráns (hu)
• Japanese: 合作者 (がっさくしゃ, gassakusha), 協力者 (きょうりょくしゃ, kyōryōkusha)
• Macedonian: колаборационист m (kolaboracionist)
• Polish: kolaborant (pl) m, kolaborantka f
• Russian: коллаборациони́ст (ru) m (kollaboracioníst), коллаборациони́стка (ru) f (kollaboracionístka)
• Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колабораціоні́стка f (kolaboracionístka)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: kunlaboranto
• Estonian: kollaborant, kaasajooksik
• Greek: συνεργάτης (el) m (synergátis)
• Italian: collaboratore (it) m, collaboratrice (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: collaborateur m
• Spanish: colaborador m
• Swedish: kollaboratör (sv) c, medarbetare (sv) c, förrädare (sv) c, medhjälpare (sv) c, samarbetsman c, medlöpare (sv) c

See also

• collaborate
• collaboration

---

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) collabōrātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō
2. 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)