le
/kɔ.lɛɡ/
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
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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