colher

Meaning

Noun

spoon (eating utensil)

Verb

to harvest, get, reap, gather

Hyphenated as

co‧lher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈʎɛʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cochlear

Cognate with French: cuiller

Cognate with Galician: culler

Cognate with French: cuillère

Cognate with Spanish: cuchara

Cognate with Catalan: cullera

Inherited from Latin: colligō

Cognate with Galician: coller

Cognate with Asturian: coyer

Cognate with Spanish: coger

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochleārem (“spoon”). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, French cuillère, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Compare with caracol (“snail”).

Sentences

Melhor sem colher do que sem sopa .

Better without a spoon than without soup.