coller

See also: Coller

French

Etymology

colle (“glue”) +‎ -er. First attested in 1320.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.le/

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Verb

coller

1. (transitive) to stick (together), to glue

   coller une image sur un mur ― to stick an image on a wall

   Le sang avait collé ses cheveux. ― The blood had stuck his hair together.

2. (transitive) to approach too closely; to be too close

   Ne te colle pas comme ça à moi ! ― Don't stick to me like that!

   Une voiture commence à me coller. ― A car is starting to follow me too closely.

3. (transitive, colloquial) to place
4. (transitive, colloquial) to give; to hand over
5. (intransitive) to fit well; to suit
6. (intransitive, slang) to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze

   Arrête de coller, réveille toi. ― Stop being in a daze, wake up.

7. (reflexive) to be sticky; to stick

   se coller au plafond ― to stick to the ceiling

8. (reflexive, slang) to have an affair

   se coller avec une poulette ― to have an affair with a chick

Conjugation

Conjugation of coller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	coller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	collant /kɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		collé /kɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	colle /kɔl/	colles /kɔl/	colle /kɔl/	collons /kɔ.lɔ̃/	collez /kɔ.le/	collent /kɔl/
	imperfect	collais /kɔ.lɛ/	collais /kɔ.lɛ/	collait /kɔ.lɛ/	collions /kɔ.ljɔ̃/	colliez /kɔ.lje/	collaient /kɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	collai /kɔ.le/	collas /kɔ.la/	colla /kɔ.la/	collâmes /kɔ.lam/	collâtes /kɔ.lat/	collèrent /kɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	collerai /kɔl.ʁe/	colleras /kɔl.ʁa/	collera /kɔl.ʁa/	collerons /kɔl.ʁɔ̃/	collerez /kɔl.ʁe/	colleront /kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	collerais /kɔl.ʁɛ/	collerais /kɔl.ʁɛ/	collerait /kɔl.ʁɛ/	collerions /kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	colleriez /kɔ.lə.ʁje/	colleraient /kɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	colle /kɔl/	colles /kɔl/	colle /kɔl/	collions /kɔ.ljɔ̃/	colliez /kɔ.lje/	collent /kɔl/
	imperfect2	collasse /kɔ.las/	collasses /kɔ.las/	collât /kɔ.la/	collassions /kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	collassiez /kɔ.la.sje/	collassent /kɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	colle /kɔl/	—	collons /kɔ.lɔ̃/	collez /kɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• collant
• coller au cul
• coller au train
• coller aux basques
• coller aux fesses
• en coller une
• papier colle-mouches

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: kole

Further reading

• “coller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Alternative forms

• colher (reintegrationist)
• coyer (Galician-Asturian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɟeɾ/ [koˈɟeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧ller

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere. Cognate with Portuguese colher, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

Verb

coller (first-person singular present collo, first-person singular preterite collín, past participle collido, short past participle colleito)

1. (ditransitive) to harvest

   Synonym: colleitar

2. (transitive) to grab, to seize

   Synonyms: agarrar, tomar

3. (transitive) to pick up, to collect

   Synonyms: apañar, recoller

4. (transitive) to catch, to capture

   Synonyms: pillar, trincar

5. (transitive) to surprise

   Synonym: cachar

6. (transitive) to reach

   Synonym: alcanzar

7. (intransitive) to fit

   Synonym: caber

8. (transitive, a sickness) to get sick
9. (intransitive or pronominal) to spoil; to get infected
10. (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
11. (intransitive) to go to, to leave [with para ‘towards’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coller (irregular short past participle)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	coller
Personal	coller	colleres	coller	collermos	collerdes	colleren
Gerund
	collendo
Short past participle
Masculine	colleito1			colleitos1
Feminine	colleita1			colleitas1
Long past participle
Masculine	collido2			collidos2
Feminine	collida2			collidas2
Indicative
Present	collo	colles	colle	collemos	colledes	collen
Imperfect	collía	collías	collía	colliamos	colliades	collían
Preterite	collín	colliches	colleu	collemos	collestes	colleron
Pluperfect	collera	colleras	collera	colleramos	collerades	colleran
Future	collerei	collerás	collerá	colleremos	colleredes	collerán
Conditional	collería	collerías	collería	colleriamos	colleriades	collerían
Subjunctive
Present	colla	collas	colla	collamos	collades	collan
Imperfect	collese	colleses	collese	collésemos	collésedes	collesen
Future	coller	colleres	coller	collermos	collerdes	colleren
Imperative
Affirmative		colle	colla	collamos	collede	collan
Negative (non)		non collas	non colla	non collamos	non collades	non collan

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.

Derived terms

• coller medo
• coller no colo

Related terms

• colleita
• colleito
• escoller
• recoller

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, colhar, from Latin cochleārem (“spoon”).

Noun

coller f (plural colleres)

1. alternative form of culler

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “coller”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “coller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coller”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coller”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Noun

coller

1. alternative form of coler (“collar”)

Old Leonese

Verb

coller

1. to take
   • 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):

     cuéllovos por filla e douos todo quanto yo e e deuo a auer,

     I take you as (my) daughter and I give all which I may have

Descendants

• Asturian: coyer, cuyer, cuer
• Leonese: coyere, cullere