collega

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ɣaː/

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• Hyphenation: col‧le‧ga
• Rhymes: -eːɣaː

collega m or f (plural collega's or collegae, diminutive collegaatje n)

1. colleague

• concullega

• college

• → Indonesian: koléga

From Latin collēga.

• IPA^(key): /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lè‧ga

collega m or f by sense (masculine plural colleghi, feminine plural colleghe)

1. colleague

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/[1]
• Rhymes: -eɡa, -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: col‧lé‧ga, col‧lè‧ga

collega

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

• conlēga

From con- +‎ lēgō (“appoint”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈleː.ɡa/, [kɔlˈlʲeːɡä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, [kolˈlɛːɡä]

collēga m (genitive collēgae); first declension

1. a partner (in office), colleague
2. (by extension) associate, companion, fellow, colleague

First-declension noun.

• collēgium

• lēgō

• “collega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• collega in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• collega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

collega m or f by sense (plural collegas)

1. Obsolete spelling of colega