colline

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French colline.

Noun

colline (plural collines)

1. A small hill or mount.

Derived terms

• intercolline

Anagrams

• lioncel

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lin/

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• Homophone: choline

Noun

colline f (plural collines)

1. hill, downs

   Elle m’a dit d’aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.

   She told me to go and whistle up there on the hills.

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ne/

Noun

colline f pl

1. plural of collina

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈliː.ne/, [kɔlˈlʲiːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ne/, [kolˈliːne]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) collīne

1. vocative masculine singular of collīnus