collie
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps originally from coal, with reference to its colour; compare colly and collier. More at Wikipedia at collie § Name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒli
Noun
collie (plural collies)
Derived terms
Translations
group of dog breeds
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
collie anim
- collie (dog)
Declension
Declension of collie (animate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | collie | collie-a | collie-ak |
| ergative | collie-k | collie-ak | collie-ek |
| dative | collie-ri | collie-ari | collie-ei |
| genitive | collie-ren | collie-aren | collie-en |
| comitative | collie-rekin | collie-arekin | collie-ekin |
| causative | collie-rengatik | collie-arengatik | collie-engatik |
| benefactive | collie-rentzat | collie-arentzat | collie-entzat |
| instrumental | collie-z | collie-az | collie-ez |
| inessive | collie-rengan | collie-arengan | collie-engan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | collie-rengana | collie-arengana | collie-engana |
| terminative | collie-renganaino | collie-arenganaino | collie-enganaino |
| directive | collie-renganantz | collie-arenganantz | collie-enganantz |
| destinative | collie-renganako | collie-arenganako | collie-enganako |
| ablative | collie-rengandik | collie-arengandik | collie-engandik |
| partitive | collie-rik | — | — |
| prolative | collie-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “collie”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
collie c (singular definite collien, plural indefinite collier)
Inflection
Declension of collie
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | collie | collien | collier | collierne |
| genitive | collies | colliens | colliers | colliernes |
Further reading
collie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
collie
Declension
| Inflection of collie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | collie | colliet | |
| genitive | collien | collieiden collieitten | |
| partitive | collieta | collieita | |
| illative | collieen | collieihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | collie | colliet | |
| accusative | nom. | collie | colliet |
| gen. | collien | ||
| genitive | collien | collieiden collieitten | |
| partitive | collieta | collieita | |
| inessive | colliessa | collieissa | |
| elative | colliesta | collieista | |
| illative | collieen | collieihin | |
| adessive | colliella | collieilla | |
| ablative | collielta | collieilta | |
| allative | collielle | collieille | |
| essive | colliena | collieina | |
| translative | collieksi | collieiksi | |
| abessive | collietta | collieitta | |
| instructive | — | colliein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (rough collie): lassie, skotlanninpaimenkoira, pitkäkarvainen collie
See also
Further reading
- “collie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Spanish
Noun
collie m (plural collies)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
collie c
Declension
Declension of collie