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/kɔ.lɛɡ/

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Translation

colleague

Word origin

From Latin collega ('one chosen to serve alongside another'), from com- ('with') and legare ('to appoint, to depute'). English 'colleague' was borrowed from the French word in the sixteenth century.

Origin
Latin
Root
collega
English cognates
colleague, delegate, legate

Grammar

Gendercommon
Pluralcollègues

Examples

déjeune .

I often have lunch with my colleagues.

' chargeur.

A colleague lent me her charger.

' tous .

He gets on well with all his office colleagues.

Bruxelles.

My former colleague now works in Brussels.

.

We gave a present to our colleague who is retiring.

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This word is part of lesson 28.