collaborateur
English
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French collaborateur. The word became the primary label for Nazi collaborators during the Second World War and has been extremely pejorative ever since.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.laː.boː.raːˈtøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: col‧la‧bo‧ra‧teur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs, diminutive collaborateurtje n)
- (derogatory) One who collaborates or has collaborated with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; traitorous collaborator. [from WW II]
- (dated) A collaborator, one who cooperates on a certain work. [19th c. - early 1940s]
French
Etymology
From Late Latin collaborare + -ateur (or collaborer + -eur), equivalent to Latin col- (“with, together”) + labor (“work”).
Further reading
- “collaborateur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French collaborateur.
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