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col·league  (klg)
n.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. See Synonyms at partner.

[French collègue, from Latin collga : com-, com- + lgre, to depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

colleague·ship n.

colleague [ˈkɒliːg]
n
a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc.
[from French collègue, from Latin collēga one selected at the same time as another, from com- together + lēgāre to choose]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.colleaguecolleague - an associate that one works with    
associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
2.colleague - a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"

colleague
noun fellow worker, partner, ally, associate, assistant, team-mate, companion, comrade, helper, collaborator, confederate, auxiliary, workmate, coadjutor (rare), confrère Three of my colleagues have been made redundant.
Translations
colleague [ˈkɒliːg] Ncolega mf

colleague [ˈkɒliːg] ncollègue mf

colleague
nKollege m, → Kollegin f; my colleagues at workmeine Arbeitskollegen

colleague [ˈkɒliːg] ncollega m/f
colleague [ˈkɒliːg] ncollega m/f

colleague
n colleague [ˈkoliːg]
a person with whom one is associated in a profession or occupation He gets on well with his colleagues. medeamptenaar زَميل في العَمَل колега kolega kollega der/die Kollege/Kollegin συνάδελφος colega töökaaslane همکار kollega collègue עָמִית सहकर्मी kolega kolléga rekan samstarfsmaður collega 同僚 동료 kolega kolēģis rakan sekerja collega kollega, medarbeider kolega, współpracownik colega coleg коллега kolega, -yňa kolega kolega kollega เพื่อนร่วมงาน meslektaş 同事 співробітник, колега رفیق ِکار đồng nghiệp

colleague زميل kolega kollega Kollege συνάδελφος colega kollega collègue kolega collega 同僚 동료 collega kollega kolega colega коллега kollega เพื่อนร่วมงาน meslekdaş đồng nghiệp 同事


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When the public dinner was over, Francis entered the room, and was welcomed by his Parisian colleague, literally, with open arms.
 
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