collega

Meaning

colleague

Concepts

colleague

coworker

comrade

co-worker

fellow

friend

partner

workmate

fellow worker

associate

cow-orker

brother

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Synonyms

kameraad

medewerker

ambtgenoot

makker

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compagnon

medewerkster

maat

partner

vriend

Hyphenated as

col‧le‧ga

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɔˈleː.ɣaː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

Sentences

Mijn collega gaat scheiden van haar man .

My colleague is divorcing her husband.

Alleen is er een groot probleem , wat ook terecht gezegd werd door onze collega .

The problem, though, is vast, and our fellow Member was right to point that out.

Hij smeet de fles naar zijn collega met een ongeziene finesse.

He slams the bottle at his colleague with unseen finesse.