collecte

See also: collecté

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French collecte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɛk.tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: col‧lec‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛktə

Noun

collecte f (plural collectes or collecten)

1. collection, act of collecting (mostly of money)

   Synonym: inzameling

Derived terms

• collectebus
• huis-aan-huiscollecte

Related terms

• collectant
• collecteren
• collecteur
• collectie
• collectief

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “collecte”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collecta, from colligo. Compare cueillette, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɛkt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

collecte f (plural collectes)

1. collecting, collection

Related terms

• collection

Further reading

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