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colle.

glue

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔl/

  1. glue

    feminine

  2. oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS

    France · feminine

  3. conundrum, stumper (difficult question)

    broadly · feminine · figuratively
    poser une colle

  4. detention

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/kɔl/

  1. inflection of coller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of coller: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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