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colle

See also: col·le, collé, and Colle

English

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Noun

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colle (countable and uncountable, plural colles)

  1. Obsolete form of coal.

French

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Etymology 1

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

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    colle f (plural colles)

    1. glue
    2. (France, education) oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS
      Synonym: khôlle
      • 2010, Alexandre Devaux, Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la prépa scientifique, Dunod, →ISBN, page 79:
        La khôlle (ou colle) est une interrogation orale d'une heure devant un tableau. On vous donne un exercice et vous avez pour mission de le résoudre (même si ce n'est pas le plus important).
        The khôlle (or colle) is an hour-long oral examination in front of a blackboard. You are given an exercise and your mission is to solve it (although solving it is not the most important thing).
    3. (by extension, figurative) conundrum, stumper (difficult question)
      poser une colle ― to ask a toughie
    4. (school slang) detention
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    colle

    1. inflection of coller:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Galician

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    colle

    1. inflection of coller:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Italian

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    Limone Piemonte, Province of Cuneo, Italy (as it crosses the French border, it is Col de Tende in French)

    Etymology 1

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    From Latin collem (“hill”). Cognate with English hill.

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    Noun

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    colle m (plural colli)

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

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    • colle1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
    • colle2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    Noun

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    colle f

    1. plural of colla

    Etymology 3

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    Contraction of con +‎ le.

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    Contraction

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    colle

    1. (dated) contraction of con +‎ le; with the
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    • While in use in the spoken language, its use is somewhat old-fashioned in the written language.

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    1. ^ colle in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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    • colle in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Latin

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    colle

    1. ablative singular of collis

    Old French

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).

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

    1. bile (bodily fluid)
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