colle

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Spanish and Spanish cola.

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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• Homophones: col, collent, colles, cols

colle f (plural colles)

1. glue

• coller
• pot de colle
• poser une colle

colle

1. first-person singular present indicative of coller
2. third-person singular present indicative of coller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of coller
5. second-person singular imperative of coller

• “colle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.le/, [ˈkɔl̺l̺e]
• Hyphenation: còl‧le

From Latin collem, accusative of collis (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kolən-, *koləm- (“top, hill, rock”).

colle m (plural colli)

1. (geomorphology) hill
2. pass (through hills)

• collina

See the etymology of the main entry.

colle f

1. plural of colla

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.le/, [ˈkol̺l̺e]
• Hyphenation: cól‧le

Contraction of con + le.

colle

1. contraction of con le; with the

• While in use in the spoken language, its use is somewhat old-fashioned in the written language.

colle

1. ablative singular of collis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).

colle f (oblique plural colles, nominative singular colle, nominative plural colles)

1. bile (bodily fluid)