colleague

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• kôl′ēg
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• UK: /ˈkɒliːɡ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈkɑliɡ/
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• Australian: /ˈkɔliːɡ/
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• Malaysia, Singapore, South-Asia: kə-lēg′
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• Malaysia, Singapore, South-Asia: /kəˈliɡ/
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• Hong-Kong: kôlēg′
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• Hong-Kong: /kɔˈliːɡ/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L IY0 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: koleg — fellow member of a profession
• Albanian: kolege — fellow member of a profession
• Amharic: የሥራ ጓደኛ (yäśra gwadäña) — fellow member of a profession
• Arabic: شَرِيك (šarīk) — fellow member of a profession
• Arabic: شَرِيكَة (šarīka) — fellow member of a profession
• Arabic: زَمِيل (zamīl) — fellow member of a profession
• Arabic: زَمِيلَة (zamīla) — fellow member of a profession
• Armenian: գործընկեր (gorcənker) — fellow member of a profession
• Armenian: պաշտոնակից (paštonakicʻ) — fellow member of a profession
• Armenian: կոլեգա (kolega) — fellow member of a profession
• Azerbaijani: həmkar — fellow member of a profession
• Azerbaijani: əməkdaş — fellow member of a profession
• Azerbaijani: iş yoldaşı — fellow member of a profession
• Belarusian: кале́га (kaljéha) — fellow member of a profession
• Belarusian: каляжа́нка (kaljažánka) — fellow member of a profession
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік (supracównik) — fellow member of a profession
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўніца (supracównica) — fellow member of a profession
• Bengali: সহকর্মী (śohokormi) — fellow member of a profession
• Bulgarian: коле́га (koléga) — fellow member of a profession
• Bulgarian: коле́жка (koléžka) — fellow member of a profession
• Burmese: လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက် (luphpaukuinghpak) — fellow member of a profession
• Carpathian Rusyn: коле́ґа (koléga) — fellow member of a profession
• Catalan: col·lega — fellow member of a profession
• Catalan: company — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese Cantonese: 同事 — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese Cantonese: 同僚 — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese: туншы (tunšɨ) — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese: тунхон (tunhon) — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese Mandarin: 同事 (tóngshì) — fellow member of a profession
• Chinese Mandarin: 同僚 (tóngliáo) — fellow member of a profession
• Czech: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Czech: kolegyně — fellow member of a profession
• Danish: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Danish: medarbejder — fellow member of a profession
• Dutch: collega — fellow member of a profession
• Dutch: medewerker — fellow member of a profession
• Estonian: kolleeg — fellow member of a profession
• Estonian: kutsekaaslane — fellow member of a profession
• Faroese: starvsfelagi — fellow member of a profession
• Faroese: arbeiðsfelagi — fellow member of a profession
• Finnish: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Finnish: virkaveli — fellow member of a profession
• Finnish: virkatoveri — fellow member of a profession
• French: collègue — fellow member of a profession
• French: confrère — fellow member of a profession
• French: consœur — fellow member of a profession
• French: confrèsœur — fellow member of a profession
• Georgian: კოლეგა (ḳolega) — fellow member of a profession
• Georgian: თანამშრომელი (tanamšromeli) — fellow member of a profession
• German: Kollege — fellow member of a profession
• German: Kollegin — fellow member of a profession
• German: Mitarbeiter — fellow member of a profession
• German: Mitarbeiterin — fellow member of a profession
• Greek: συνάδελφος (synádelfos) — fellow member of a profession
• Greenlandic: suleqat — fellow member of a profession
• Hebrew: עָמִית ('amit) — fellow member of a profession
• Hebrew: עמיתה ('amita) — fellow member of a profession
• Hebrew: קולגה (koléga) — fellow member of a profession
• Hindi: सहकर्मी (sahkarmī) — fellow member of a profession
• Hindi: साथी (sāthī) — fellow member of a profession
• Hungarian: kolléga — fellow member of a profession
• Hungarian: kartárs — fellow member of a profession
• Hungarian: munkatárs — fellow member of a profession
• Icelandic: starfsfélagi — fellow member of a profession
• Icelandic: vinnufélagi — fellow member of a profession
• Icelandic: samstarfsmaður — fellow member of a profession
• Icelandic: kollegi — fellow member of a profession
• Icelandic: félagi — fellow member of a profession
• Indonesian: rekan kerja — fellow member of a profession
• Indonesian: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Irish: comhghleacaí — fellow member of a profession
• Italian: collega — fellow member of a profession
• Japanese: 同僚 (dōryō) — fellow member of a profession
• Japanese: 同業者 (dōkyōsha) — fellow member of a profession
• Kazakh: әріптес (ärıptes) — fellow member of a profession
• Khmer: សហការី (saʼhaʼkaarəy) — fellow member of a profession
• Khmer: សហការិនី (saʼhaʼkaarenəy) — fellow member of a profession
• Korean: 동료 (dongnyo) — fellow member of a profession
• Korean: 동업자 (dong'eopja) — fellow member of a profession
• Northern Kurdish: hevkar — fellow member of a profession
• Kyrgyz: кесиптеш (kesipteş) — fellow member of a profession
• Kyrgyz: коллега (kollega) — fellow member of a profession
• Lao: ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມງານ (phư̄an hūam ngān) — fellow member of a profession
• Latin: collēga — fellow member of a profession
• Latvian: kolēģis — fellow member of a profession
• Latvian: kolēģe — fellow member of a profession
• Lithuanian: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Lithuanian: bendradarbis — fellow member of a profession
• Macedonian: колега (kolega) — fellow member of a profession
• Macedonian: колешка (koleška) — fellow member of a profession
• Malay: jawat — fellow member of a profession
• Malay: jabat — fellow member of a profession
• Malay: rakan sekerja — fellow member of a profession
• Malay: rakan kerja — fellow member of a profession
• Maltese: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Māori: hoa mahi — fellow member of a profession
• Middle English: felawe — fellow member of a profession
• Mongolian: хамт ажиллагч (xamt ažillagč) — fellow member of a profession
• Norman: collègue — fellow member of a profession
• Norwegian Bokmål: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Norwegian Bokmål: medarbeider — fellow member of a profession
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Norwegian Nynorsk: medarbeidar — fellow member of a profession
• Occitan: collèga — fellow member of a profession
• Pannonian Rusyn: колеґа (kolega) — fellow member of a profession
• Pannonian Rusyn: колеґиня (koleginja) — fellow member of a profession
• Pashto: همکار (hamkār) — fellow member of a profession
• Pashto: هم کسب (ham kesb) — fellow member of a profession
• Iranian Persian: هَمْکار (hamkâr) — fellow member of a profession
• Polish: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Polish: koleżanka — fellow member of a profession
• Portuguese: colega — fellow member of a profession
• Romanian: coleg — fellow member of a profession
• Romanian: colegă — fellow member of a profession
• Romansh: collavuratur — fellow member of a profession
• Romansh: collavuratura — fellow member of a profession
• Russian: колле́га (kolléga) — fellow member of a profession
• Russian: сослужи́вец (soslužívec) — fellow member of a profession
• Russian: сослужи́вица (soslužívica) — fellow member of a profession
• Russian: сотру́дник (sotrúdnik) — fellow member of a profession
• Russian: сотру́дница (sotrúdnica) — fellow member of a profession
• Serbo-Croatian: коле́га — fellow member of a profession
• Serbo-Croatian: колѐгица — fellow member of a profession
• Serbo-Croatian: koléga — fellow member of a profession
• Serbo-Croatian: kolègica — fellow member of a profession
• Slovak: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Slovak: kolegyňa — fellow member of a profession
• Slovene: kolega — fellow member of a profession
• Slovene: kolegica — fellow member of a profession
• Slovene: sodelavec — fellow member of a profession
• Slovene: sodelavka — fellow member of a profession
• Spanish: colega — fellow member of a profession
• Spanish: compañero — fellow member of a profession
• Sranan Tongo: wrokomati — fellow member of a profession
• Swedish: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Swedish: arbetskamrat — fellow member of a profession
• Swedish: medarbetare — fellow member of a profession
• Tajik: ҳамкор (hamkor) — fellow member of a profession
• Telugu: సహోద్యోగి (sahōdyōgi) — fellow member of a profession
• Thai: เพื่อนร่วมงาน (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-ngaan) — fellow member of a profession
• Turkish: çalışma arkadaşı — fellow member of a profession
• Turkish: meslektaş — fellow member of a profession
• Turkish: koldaş — fellow member of a profession
• Turkish: iş arkadaşı — fellow member of a profession
• Ottoman Turkish: حریف (herif) — fellow member of a profession
• Ukrainian: коле́га (koléha) — fellow member of a profession
• Ukrainian: колежа́нка (koležánka) — fellow member of a profession
• Ukrainian: співробі́тник (spivrobítnyk) — fellow member of a profession
• Ukrainian: співробі́тниця (spivrobítnycja) — fellow member of a profession
• Urdu: ساتھی (sāthī) — fellow member of a profession
• Urdu: رَفِیق کار (rafīq kār) — fellow member of a profession
• Uyghur: خىزمەتداش (xizmetdash) — fellow member of a profession
• Uyghur: ئىشداش (ishdash) — fellow member of a profession
• Uzbek: kasbdosh — fellow member of a profession
• Uzbek: hamkasb — fellow member of a profession
• Uzbek: hamkor — fellow member of a profession
• Vietnamese: đồng nghiệp — fellow member of a profession
• Welsh: cyd-weithwr — fellow member of a profession
• West Frisian: kollega — fellow member of a profession
• Yiddish: קאָלעג (koleg) — fellow member of a profession
• Yiddish: קאָלעגע (kolege) — fellow member of a profession
• Yiddish: קאָלעגין (kolegin) — fellow member of a profession