colle
See also: col·le, collé, and Colle
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔl/
Audio (file) - Homophones: col, collent, colles, cols, khôlle
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Portuguese and Spanish cola.
Noun
colle f (plural colles)
- glue
- (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).
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- (by extension, figurative) conundrum, stumper (difficult question)
- poser une colle ― to ask a toughie
- (university slang) detention
Derived terms
- coller
- pot de colle
- poser une colle
- sous-khôlle
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
colle
- inflection of coller:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “colle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin collem (“hill”). Cognate with English hill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɔlle
- Hyphenation: còl‧le
Noun
colle m (plural colli)
- (geomorphology) hill
- pass (through hills)
Related terms
- collina
Further reading
- 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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɔlle
- Hyphenation: còl‧le
Noun
colle f
- plural of colla
Etymology 3
Contraction of con + le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkol.le/, /ˌko.le/[1]
- Rhymes: -olle, -ole
- Hyphenation: cól‧le
Contraction
colle
- (dated) 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.
References
- colle in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- colle in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- -cello
Latin
Noun
colle
- 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)
- bile (bodily fluid)