# coller
## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.le/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

coller
* (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.
* (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.
* (transitive, colloquial) to place
* (transitive, colloquial) to give; to hand over
* (intransitive) to fit well; to suit
* (intransitive, slang) to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze
    Arrête de coller, réveille toi. ― Stop being in a daze, wake up.
* (reflexive) to be sticky; to stick
    se coller au plafond ― to stick to the ceiling
* (reflexive, slang) to have an affair
    se coller avec une poulette ― to have an affair with a chick

#### Derived terms

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

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (transitive) to grab, to seize
    Synonyms: agarrar, tomar
* (transitive) to pick up, to collect
    Synonyms: apañar, recoller
* (transitive) to catch, to capture
    Synonyms: pillar, trincar
* (transitive) to surprise
    Synonym: cachar
* (transitive) to reach
    Synonym: alcanzar
* (intransitive) to fit
    Synonym: caber
* (transitive, a sickness) to get sick
* (intransitive or pronominal) to spoil; to get infected
* (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
* (intransitive) to go to, to leave [with para ‘towards’]

##### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually 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)
* Alternative form of culler

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coller”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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
* Alternative form of coler (“collar”)

## Old Leonese
### Verb

coller
* 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