colleague
Syllables: col·leagueUK/ˈkɒliːɡ//ˈkɑliɡ/
colleague noun: a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
Noun
colleague (plural colleagues)
- A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
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Verb
colleague (third-person singular simple present colleagues, present participle colleaguing, simple past and past participle colleagued)
colleague meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
colleague in Hindi
- fellow member of a profession
- सहकर्मी sahkarmī, साथी sāthī
colleague in Tamil
- சக ஊழியர், உடனிணை பணியாளர், உடன் பணியாற்றுபவர், ஒரே தொழிலகத் தோழன், சக நண்பர், சகா
colleague in Urdu
- fellow member of a profession
- ساتھی sāthī, رَفِیق کار rafīq kār
colleague in Bengali
- fellow member of a profession
- সহকর্মী śohokormi
More languagesFewer languages
- colleague in Telugu
- సహోద్యోగి sahōdyōgi
- colleague in Malayalam
- സഹപ്രവർത്തകൻ, സഹായകൻ, സതീർത്ഥ്യൻ, കൂട്ടുദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ
- colleague in Kannada
- ಸಹೋದ್ಯೋಗಿ, ಜತೆಕೆಲಸಗಾರ, ಒಡಗೆಯ್ಯುಗ
- colleague in Gujarati
- સાથી sāthī
- colleague in Pashto
- همکار hamkār, هم کسب ham kesb
- colleague in Arabic
- شَرِيك šarīk, شَرِيكَة šarīka, زَمِيل zamīl, زَمِيلَة zamīla
- colleague in Malay
- rakan sekerja, rakan kerja
- colleague in Indonesian
- rekan kerja, kolega
- colleague in Thai
- เพื่อนร่วมงาน pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-ngaan
- colleague in Vietnamese
- đồng nghiệp
- colleague in Myanmar
- လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက် luphpaukuinghpak
Examples of colleague in a sentence
- Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
- He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.
- He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.
Synonyms of colleague
Forms of colleague
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | colleagues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | colleagues |
| present participle | colleaguing |
| past participle | colleagued |
| past | colleagued |
Origin of colleague
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).
Words formed from colleague
Phrases with colleague
Questions about colleague
- What does colleague mean?
- Colleague means a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
- What is colleague in Hindi?
- Colleague in Hindi is सहकर्मी (sahkarmī), साथी (sāthī). See Colleague meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is colleague?
- Colleague can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce colleague?
- Colleague is pronounced /ˈkɒliːɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of colleague?
- The plural of colleague is colleagues.
Words near colleague in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colleague (page history and authors); colleague (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); colleague (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); colleague (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સાથી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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