kolega
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈleɡa/
- Hyphenation: ko‧lé‧ga
Noun
koléga (first-person possessive kolegaku, second-person possessive kolegamu, third-person possessive koleganya)
Further reading
- “kolega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latgalian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔlʲɛɡa]
- Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga
Declension
References
- A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 12
Lithuanian

Kolegos
Declension
Declension of kolegà
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (vardininkas) | kolegà | kolègos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | kolègos | kolègų |
dative (naudininkas) | kolègai | kolègoms |
accusative (galininkas) | kolègą | kolegàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | kolegà | kolègomis |
locative (vietininkas) | kolègoje | kolègose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | kolèga | kolègos |
Further reading
- “kolega”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- kolega in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kollege.[1][2] First attested in 1563.[3] Compare Kashubian kòlega and Silesian kolega.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛ.ɡa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡa
- Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga
Declension
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kolega is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 7 times in essays, 40 times in fiction, and 51 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 108 times, making it the 580th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]
References
- Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “kolega”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kolega”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kollega”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Ida Kurcz (1990) “kolega”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 183
Further reading
- kolega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kolega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “KOLEGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.08.2008
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “kolega”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “kolega”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kolega”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 398
- Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolěːɡa/
- Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ga
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛɡa/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡa
- Syllabification: ko‧le‧ga
Declension
Further reading
- kolega in silling.org
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔlɛɡa/
Declension
Declension of kolega
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | kolega | kolegovia |
genitive | kolegu | kolegov |
dative | kolegovi | kolegom |
accusative | kolegu | kolegov |
locative | kolegovi | kolegoch |
instrumental | kolegom | kolegami |
Related terms
- kolegiálny
- kolegialita
Further reading
- “kolega”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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