colle

See also: collé and Colle

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

colle f (plural colles)

  1. glue

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

Italian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.le/, [ˈkɔl̺l̺e]
  • Stress: còlle
  • Hyphenation: col‧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. hill
  2. pass (through hills)

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

colle f

  1. plural of colla

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.le/, [ˈkol̺l̺e]
  • Stress: cólle
  • Hyphenation: col‧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.

Latin

Noun

colle

  1. ablative singular of collis

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).

Noun

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

  1. bile (bodily fluid)
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