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French

Etymology

colle (“glue”) +‎ -er. First attested in 1320.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.le/
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Verb

coller

  1. (transitive) to stick (together), to glue
    coller une image sur un mur ― to stick an image on a wall
    Le sang avait collé ses cheveux. ― The blood had stuck his hair together.
  2. (transitive) to approach too closely; to be too close
    Ne te colle pas comme ça à moi ! ― Don't stick to me like that!
    Une voiture commence à me coller. ― A car is starting to follow me too closely.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to place
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to give; to hand over
  5. (intransitive) to fit well; to suit
  6. (intransitive, slang) to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze
    Arrête de coller, réveille toi. ― Stop being in a daze, wake up.
  7. (reflexive) to be sticky; to stick
    se coller au plafond ― to stick to the ceiling
  8. (reflexive, slang) to have an affair
    se coller avec une poulette ― to have an affair with a chick

Conjugation

Conjugation of coller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple coller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple collant
/kɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle collé
/kɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present colle
/kɔl/ 		colles
/kɔl/ 		colle
/kɔl/ 		collons
/kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		collez
/kɔ.le/ 		collent
/kɔl/
imperfect collais
/kɔ.lɛ/ 		collais
/kɔ.lɛ/ 		collait
/kɔ.lɛ/ 		collions
/kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		colliez
/kɔ.lje/ 		collaient
/kɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 collai
/kɔ.le/ 		collas
/kɔ.la/ 		colla
/kɔ.la/ 		collâmes
/kɔ.lam/ 		collâtes
/kɔ.lat/ 		collèrent
/kɔ.lɛʁ/
future collerai
/kɔl.ʁe/ 		colleras
/kɔl.ʁa/ 		collera
/kɔl.ʁa/ 		collerons
/kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		collerez
/kɔl.ʁe/ 		colleront
/kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional collerais
/kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		collerais
/kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		collerait
/kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		collerions
/kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		colleriez
/kɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		colleraient
/kɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present colle
/kɔl/ 		colles
/kɔl/ 		colle
/kɔl/ 		collions
/kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		colliez
/kɔ.lje/ 		collent
/kɔl/
imperfect2 collasse
/kɔ.las/ 		collasses
/kɔ.las/ 		collât
/kɔ.la/ 		collassions
/kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		collassiez
/kɔ.la.sje/ 		collassent
/kɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — colle
/kɔl/ 		— collons
/kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		collez
/kɔ.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere. Cognate with Portuguese colher, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

Pronunciation

Verb

coller (first-person singular present collo, first-person singular preterite collín, past participle collido, short past participle colleito)

  1. (transitive) to grab, to seize
    Synonyms: agarrar, tomar
  2. (transitive) to pick up, to collect
    Synonyms: apañar, recoller
  3. (transitive) to catch, to capture
    Synonyms: pillar, trincar
  4. (transitive) to surprise
    Synonym: cachar
  5. (transitive) to reach
    Synonym: alcanzar
  6. (intransitive) to fit
    Synonym: caber
  7. (transitive, a sickness) to get sick
  8. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to spoil; to get infected
  9. (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
  10. (transitive with para) to go to, to leave in direction to
Conjugation
    Conjugation of coller (irregular short past participle)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal coller
Personal coller colleres coller collermos collerdes colleren
Gerund
collendo
Short past participle
Masculine colleito1 colleitos1
Feminine colleita1 colleitas1
Long past participle
Masculine collido2 collidos2
Feminine collida2 collidas2
Indicative
Present collo colles colle collemos colledes collen
Imperfect collía collías collía colliamos colliades collían
Preterite collín colliches colleu collemos collestes colleron
Pluperfect collera colleras collera colleramos collerades colleran
Future collerei collerás collerá colleremos colleredes collerán
Conditional collería collerías collería colleriamos colleriades collerían
Subjunctive
Present colla collas colla collamos collades collan
Imperfect collese colleses collese collésemos collésedes collesen
Future coller colleres coller collermos collerdes colleren
Imperative
Affirmative colle colla collamos collede collan
Negative (non) non collas non colla non collamos non collades non collan

1Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.

Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, colhar, from Latin cochleārem (“spoon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coller f (plural colleres)

  1. Alternative form of culler

References

  • “coller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “coller” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “coller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “coller” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “coller” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Middle English

Noun

coller

  1. Alternative form of coler (“collar”)
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