Definitions for colleagueˈkɒl ig
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
col•leagueˈkɒl ig(n.)
an associate; fellow worker or fellow member of a profession.
Origin of colleague:
1515–25; < MF collegue < L collēga=col-col -1+-lēga, der. of legere to choose, gather
col′league•ship`(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow(noun)
an associate that one works with
colleague, confrere, fellow(noun)
a person who is member of one's class or profession
"the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
colleague(noun)ˈkɒl ig
sb you work with
friends and colleagues
Wiktionary
colleague(Noun)
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate
Origin: From collegue, from collega, from com- + legare, from lex.
Webster Dictionary
Colleague(noun)
a partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures
Colleague(u)
to unite or associate with another or with others
Translations for colleague
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
colleague(noun)
a person with whom one is associated in a profession or occupation
He gets on well with his colleagues.
- medeamptenaarAfrikaans
- زَميل في العَمَلArabic
- колегаBulgarian
- colegaPortuguese (BR)
- kolegaCzech
- der/die Kollege/KolleginGerman
- kollegaDanish
- συνάδελφοςGreek
- colegaSpanish
- töökaaslaneEstonian
- همکارFarsi
- kollegaFinnish
- collègueFrench
- עָמִיתHebrew
- सहकर्मीHindi
- kolegaCroatian
- kollégaHungarian
- rekanIndonesian
- samstarfsmaðurIcelandic
- collegaItalian
- 同僚Japanese
- 동료Korean
- kolegaLithuanian
- kolēģisLatvian
- rakan sekerjaMalay
- collegaDutch
- kollega, medarbeiderNorwegian
- kolega, współpracownikPolish
- همکارPersian
- همکارPashto
- colegaPortuguese
- colegRomanian
- коллегаRussian
- kolega, -yňaSlovak
- kolegaSlovenian
- kolegaSerbian
- kollegaSwedish
- เพื่อนร่วมงานThai
- meslektaşTurkish
- 同事Chinese (Trad.)
- співробітник, колегаUkrainian
- رفیق ِکارUrdu
- đồng nghiệpVietnamese
- 同行，同事Chinese (Simp.)
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