colla

See also: Colla and collà

English

Noun

colla

1. plural of collum

Anagrams

• lo-cal, local

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from collar, of uncertain origin, perhaps from coll (“neck”).

Noun

colla f (plural colles)

1. group, gang, band

   Synonyms: grup, banda, ardat

2. a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such as castells building or sardana dancing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

colla

1. inflection of collar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “colla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “colla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

colla

1. third-person singular past historic of coller

Anagrams

• local

Galician

Verb

colla

1. inflection of coller:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative