collaborateur

English

Noun

collaborateur (plural collaborateurs)

  1. Dated form of collaborator.

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/
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  • Hyphenation: col‧la‧bo‧ra‧teur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs, diminutive collaborateurtje n)

  1. (derogatory) One who collaborates or has collaborated with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; traitorous collaborator. [from WW II]
  2. (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).

Noun

collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs, feminine collaboratrice)

  1. collaborator

Further reading


Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French collaborateur.

Noun

collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs)

  1. (Jersey) (Nazi) collaborator
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