colla
See also: Colla and collà
English
Noun
colla
- plural of collum
Anagrams
- lo-cal, local
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ʎa/
Etymology 1
From collar, of uncertain origin, perhaps from coll (“neck”).
Noun
colla f (plural colles)
- group, gang, band
- Synonyms: grup, banda
- a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such as castells building or sardana dancing.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
colla
- third-person singular present indicative form of collar
- second-person singular imperative form of collar
Further reading
- “colla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “colla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
colla
- third-person singular past historic of coller
Anagrams
- local
Italian
Etymology 1
Contraction of Italian con (“with”) and la (“the”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkol.la/, /ˌko.la/[1]
- Rhymes: -olla, -ola
- Hyphenation: cól‧la
Contraction
colla
- (dated) Contraction of con la; with the
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare French colle, Sicilian coḍḍa, Spanish and Portuguese cola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔlla
- Hyphenation: còl‧la
Noun
colla f (plural colle)
- glue or similar sticky material
- size (substance)
- (nautical) a rope used for lowering the sails
Derived terms
Derived terms
- colla di farina (“flour paste”)
- colla di pesce (“isinglas”)
- colloso (“sticky, gluey”)
Related terms
Related terms
- collante (“glue; bond, link”)
- incollare (“to stick, glue; to paste”)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: قولا (kola), قوله (kula; kola)
- Turkish: kula
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔlla
- Hyphenation: còl‧la
Verb
colla
- inflection of collare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- colla in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- alcol, callo, callo-
Latin
Noun
colla
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of collum
References
- colla 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)
Latvian
Noun
colla f (4th declension)
- inch
Declension
Declension of colla (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | colla | collas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | collu | collas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | collas | collu |
| dative (datīvs) | collai | collām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | collu | collām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | collā | collās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | colla | collas |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkoʝa/ [ˈko.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈkoʎa/ [ˈko.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkoʃa/ [ˈko.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkoʒa/ [ˈko.ʒa]
Audio (Peru) (file)
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa
- Syllabification: co‧lla
Adjective
colla (plural collas)
- Colla
Noun
colla m or f (plural collas)
- Colla
Further reading
- “colla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014