colla

See also:Collaandcollà

English

Noun

colla

1. pluralofcollum

Anagrams

• lo-cal,local

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈkɔ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈkɔ.ʎa]

Etymology 1

Deverbalfromcollar,of uncertain origin, perhaps fromcoll(“neck”).

Noun

collaf(pluralcolles)

1. group,gang,band

   Synonyms:grup,banda,ardat

2. a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such ascastellsbuilding orsardanadancing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

colla

1. inflection ofcollar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Further reading

• “colla”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colla”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

colla

1. third-personsingularpast historic ofcoller

Anagrams

• local

Galician

Verb

colla

1. inflection ofcoller:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Irish

Alternative forms

• colna(superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌl̪ˠə/

Noun

colla

1. inflection ofcolainn:
   1. genitivesingular
   2. all casesplural

Mutation

Mutated formsofcolla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colla	cholla	gcolla

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology 1

Contraction ofItaliancon(“with”)andla(“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˌkol.la/,/ˌko.la/
• Rhymes:-olla,-ola
• Hyphenation:cól‧la

Contraction

colla

1. (dated)Contraction ofconla;withthe

Etymology 2

FromVulgar Latincolla,fromAncient Greekκόλλα(kólla,“glue”).CompareFrenchcolle,Siciliancoḍḍa,Spanish andPortuguesecola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɔl.la/
• Rhymes:-ɔlla
• Hyphenation:còl‧la

Noun

collaf(pluralcolle)

1. glueor similarstickymaterial
2. size(substance)
3. (nautical)aropeused for lowering the sails

Derived terms

Derived terms

• colla di farina(“flour paste”)
• colla di pesce(“isinglas”)
• colloso(“sticky, gluey”)

Related terms

Related terms

• collante(“glue; bond, link”)
• incollare(“to stick, glue; to paste”)

Descendants

• →Ottoman Turkish:قولا(kola),قوله(kula; kola)
  • Turkish:kula

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɔl.la/
• Rhymes:-ɔlla
• Hyphenation:còl‧la

Verb

colla

1. inflection ofcollare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

• alcol,callo,callo-

Latin

Noun

colla

1. nominative/accusative/vocativepluralofcollum

References

• collain Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Noun

collaf(4th declension)

1. inch

Declension

Declension ofcolla(4th declension)

	singular(vienskaitlis)	plural(daudzskaitlis)
nominative(nominatīvs)	colla	collas
accusative(akuzatīvs)	collu	collas
genitive(ģenitīvs)	collas	collu
dative(datīvs)	collai	collām
instrumental(instrumentālis)	collu	collām
locative(lokatīvs)	collā	collās
vocative(vokatīvs)	colla	collas

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkoʝa/[ˈko.ʝa]

• IPA^(key):(most of Spain and Latin America)/ˈkoʝa/[ˈko.ʝa]
• IPA^(key):(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)/ˈkoʎa/[ˈko.ʎa]
• IPA^(key):(Buenos Aires and environs)/ˈkoʃa/[ˈko.ʃa]
• IPA^(key):(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)/ˈkoʒa/[ˈko.ʒa]

• Audio(Peru):

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• Rhymes:-oʝa

• Rhymes:-oʝa
• Rhymes:-oʎa
• Rhymes:-oʃa
• Rhymes:-oʒa

• Syllabification:co‧lla

Etymology 1

ProbablyborrowedfromCatalancolla.

Noun

collaf(pluralcollas)

1. A team ofdockworkersorstevedores

Etymology 2

Ultimately fromLatincollum,however theoin place of the expected diphthongue(compare inheriteddoubletcuello) implies borrowing from another Romance language; however, no other Romance language is known to have such a word with a similar sense.

Noun

collaf(pluralcollas)

1. (historical)gorget(piece of armour for the throat)

   Synonyms:gorjal,gorguera

Further reading

• “colla”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28