collective

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• /kəˈlɛktɪv/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: збо́рны (zbórny) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Dutch: collectief — formed by gathering or collecting
• Finnish: yhteinen — formed by gathering or collecting
• Indonesian: kolektif — formed by gathering or collecting
• Italian: collettivo — formed by gathering or collecting
• Kazakh: ұжымдық (ūjymdyq) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Malay: kolektif — formed by gathering or collecting
• Māori: tōpūtanga — formed by gathering or collecting
• Iranian Persian: جَمْعی (jam'i) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Russian: сбо́рный (sbórnyj) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Tajik: ҷамъӣ (jam'i) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Ukrainian: збі́рний (zbírnyj) — formed by gathering or collecting
• Finnish: kokoava — tending to collect; forming a collection
• Italian: comune — tending to collect; forming a collection
• Russian: собира́тельный (sobirátelʹnyj) — tending to collect; forming a collection
• Spanish: colectivo — tending to collect; forming a collection
• Belarusian: калекты́ўны (kaljektýwny) — having plurality of origin or authority
• Bulgarian: колекти́вен (kolektíven) — having plurality of origin or authority
• Esperanto: kolektiva — having plurality of origin or authority
• Finnish: yhteinen — having plurality of origin or authority
• Iranian Persian: جَمْعی (jam'i) — having plurality of origin or authority
• Russian: коллекти́вный (kollektívnyj) — having plurality of origin or authority
• Ukrainian: колекти́вний (kolektývnyj) — having plurality of origin or authority
• Belarusian: збо́рны (zbórny) — in grammar
• Bulgarian: събира́телен (sǎbirátelen) — in grammar
• Catalan: col·lectiu — in grammar
• Dutch: collectief — in grammar
• Finnish: kollektiivinen — in grammar
• Greek: περιληπτικός (periliptikós) — in grammar
• Italian: collettivo — in grammar
• Lithuanian: kuopinis — in grammar
• Polish: zbiorowy — in grammar
• Russian: собира́тельный (sobirátelʹnyj) — in grammar
• Spanish: colectivo — in grammar
• Ukrainian: збі́рний (zbírnyj) — in grammar
• Finnish: kollektiivitila — farm owned by a group
• Finnish: kolhoosi — state farm
• Russian: колхо́з (kolxóz) — state farm
• Ukrainian: колго́сп (kolhósp) — state farm
• Breton: strollder — in grammar
• Dutch: verzamelnaam — in grammar
• Finnish: kollektiivinen substantiivi — in grammar
• French: collectif — in grammar
• Greek: περιληπτικό όνομα (periliptikó ónoma) — in grammar
• Greek: περιληπτική έννοια (periliptikí énnoia) — in grammar
• Portuguese: coletivo — in grammar
• Russian: собира́тельное (sobirátelʹnoje) — in grammar
• Welsh: enw torfol — in grammar
• Belarusian: калекты́ў (kaljektýw) — group
• Bulgarian: колекти́в (kolektív) — group
• Catalan: col·lectiu — group
• Dutch: collectief — group
• Esperanto: kolektivo — group
• Finnish: kollektiivi — group
• German: Kollektiv — group
• Greek: συλλογικότητα (syllogikótita) — group
• Māori: tōpūtanga — group
• Māori: kiritōpū — group
• Portuguese: coletivo — group
• Russian: коллекти́в (kollektív) — group
• Spanish: colectivo — group
• Ukrainian: колекти́в (kolektýv) — group