colle

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) glue
2. (France, feminine) oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS
3. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) conundrum, stumper (difficult question)
4. (feminine) detention

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of coller:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of coller:

Concepts

glue

adhesive

paste

mucilage

cement

gum

resin

size

sticker

sticky

stumper

toughie

difficult problem

difficult question

flour paste

adhesive agent

adhesive material

Marxist glue

adhesives

detention

glues

perplexity

poser

shea

Synonyms

adhésif

glu

coller

agglutinant

résine

gomme

karité

se coller

glue

autocollant

ciment

cire

gencive

Translations

Klebstoff

Leim

lijm

colla

cola

cola

pegamento

goma

gluten

adesivo

plakmiddel

adhesivo

κόλλα

Kleister

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔl/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: colla

Cognate with Portuguese: -

Cognate with Spanish: cola

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Portuguese and Spanish cola.