colle

See also: collé and Colle

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Spanish and Spanish cola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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• Homophones: col, collent, colles, cols

Noun

colle f (plural colles)

1. glue

Derived terms

• coller
• pot de colle
• poser une colle

Verb

colle

1. first-person singular present indicative of coller
2. third-person singular present indicative of coller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of coller
5. second-person singular imperative of coller

Further reading

• “colle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.le/, [ˈkɔl̺l̺e]
• Hyphenation: còl‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin collem, accusative of collis (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kolən-, *koləm- (“top, hill, rock”).

Noun

colle m (plural colli)

1. (geomorphology) hill
2. pass (through hills)

Related terms

• collina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

colle f

1. plural of colla

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.le/, [ˈkol̺l̺e]
• Hyphenation: cól‧le

Etymology

Contraction of con + le.

Contraction

colle

1. contraction of con le; with the

Usage notes

• While in use in the spoken language, its use is somewhat old-fashioned in the written language.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) colle

1. ablative singular of collis

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).

Noun

colle oblique singular, f (oblique plural colles, nominative singular colle, nominative plural colles)

1. bile (bodily fluid)