"collection" in seven languages
Meaningcollection
Spanish
colección
/kolekˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
collection
/kɔlɛksjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
collezione
/kolletˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
coleção
/koleˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
colecție
/koˈlektsje/
fem.learned
Catalan
col·lecció
/kuləkˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
collection
/kəˈlɛkʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French collection, from Latin
English → ItaliancollectioncollezioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COLLECTIŌNEM‘a gathering (COLLIGERE 'to gather')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The learned noun sits beside the inherited verb from the same COLLIGERE: Spanish coger, French cueillir, Italian cogliere, all 'to pick, gather'.
English relatives: collect, collective, college
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In a sentence
- esTiene una gran colección de sellos.
- frIl a une grande collection de timbres.
- itHa una grande collezione di francobolli.
- ptEle tem uma grande coleção de selos.
- roAre o colecție mare de timbre.
- caTé una gran col·lecció de segells.
- enHe has a large stamp collection.
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