colleague
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organizationA fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
» Tom is my colleague and my friend.
Tom ist mir Kollege und Freund. — wolfgangth
Том - мой коллега и друг. — marafon
Том — мій колега та друг. — deniko
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1 sensesA fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
Kollege, Kollegin, Mitarbeiter
колле́гаkolléga, сослужи́вецsoslužívec, сослужи́вицаsoslužívica
коле́гаkoléha, колежа́нкаkoležánka, співробі́тникspivrobítnyk
a person who is member of one's class or profession
Examples
327 sentencesTom is my colleague and my friend.
Том — мій колега та друг. — deniko
ruТом - мой коллега и друг. — marafon
deTom ist mir Kollege und Freund. — wolfgangth
Tom is my colleague.
Том — мій колега. — deniko
ruТом — мой коллега. — Balamax
deTom ist mein Kollege. — Espi
This is Tom, my colleague.
Це Том, мій колега. — deniko
ruЭто Том, мой коллега. — odexed
deDas ist Tom, mein Kollege. — raggione
I can't speak for my colleagues.
ruЯ не могу говорить за коллег. — marafon
This is one of my colleagues.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).
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Forms
plural: colleagues| Singular | colleague |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- a person who is member of one's class or profession:confrerefellow
- an associate that one works with:co-workerfellow workerworkfellow
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.