colher

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    colher

    1. to collect, to gather
    2. to pick up, to harvest

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Galician: coller
    • Portuguese: colher

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

    colher

      From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochleārem (spoon). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, French cuillère, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Compare with caracol (snail).

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      • Hyphenation: co‧lher

      Noun

      colher f (plural colheres)

      1. spoon (eating utensil)
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      Etymology 2

        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather). Compare also the borrowed doublets coligir and coligar. Cognate with Galician coller, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

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        Pronunciation

         
         

        • Hyphenation: co‧lher

        Verb

        colher (first-person singular present colho, first-person singular preterite colhi, past participle colhido)

        1. to harvest, get, reap, gather
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