kolega

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolega m anim (female equivalent kolegyně)

  1. colleague
    Synonym: spolupracovník

Declension

Further reading

  • kolega”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kolega”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kolega”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch collega, from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈleɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lé‧ga

Noun

koléga (first-person possessive kolegaku, second-person possessive kolegamu, third-person possessive koleganya)

  1. colleague
    Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan
    Synonyms: teman sejawat, kawan sepekerjaan

Further reading

Latgalian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin collega, probably via Russian коллега (kollega).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

kolega m or f

  1. colleague

Declension

References

  • A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 12

Lithuanian

Kolegos

Etymology

From Latin collēga, likely via a Slavic language.

Noun

kolegà m (plural kolègos) stress pattern 2

  1. colleague

Declension

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kollege.[1][2] First attested in 1563.[3] Compare Kashubian kòlega and Silesian kolega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

kolega m pers (female equivalent koleżanka, diminutive koleżka)

  1. companion (comrade in any sphere of activity)
    1. friend, buddy, pal, mate
    2. colleague

Declension

Derived terms

interjections

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kolega is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 7 times in essays, 40 times in fiction, and 51 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 108 times, making it the 580th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

References

  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “kolega”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kolega”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kollega”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “kolega”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 183

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolěːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

koléga m (Cyrillic spelling коле́га, feminine kolègica)

  1. colleague

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kollege.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga

Noun

kolega m pers

  1. companion (comrade in any sphere of activity)
    1. friend, buddy, pal, mate
    2. colleague

Declension

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collega.

Pronunciation

Noun

kolega m pers (declension pattern of hrdina, female equivalent kolegyňa)

  1. colleague

Declension

Further reading

  • kolega”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024