coller

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.le/

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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

• “coller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• IPA^(key): /koˈɟeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧ller

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

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 pronominal) to spoil; to get infected
9. (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
10. (intransitive) to go to, to leave

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

coller f (plural colleres)

1. Alternative form of culler

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coller”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coller”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coller”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

coller

1. Alternative form of coler (“collar”)

coller

1. to take
   • 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):

     cuéllovos por filla e douos todo quanto yo e e deuo a auer,

     I take you as (my) daughter and I give all which I may have

• Asturian: coyer, cuyer, cuer
• Leonese: coyere, cullere