colla

See also: Colla and collà

English

Noun

colla

1. plural of collum

Anagrams

• lo-cal, local

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɔ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɔ.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from collar, of uncertain origin, perhaps from coll (“neck”).

Noun

colla f (plural colles)

1. group, gang, band

   Synonyms: grup, banda, ardat

2. a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such as castells building or sardana dancing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

colla

1. inflection of collar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “colla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “colla”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.la/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

colla

1. third-person singular past historic of coller

Anagrams

• local

Galician

Verb

colla

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• colna (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɞl̪ˠə/

Noun

colla

1. inflection of colainn:
   1. genitive singular
   2. all cases plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of colla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colla	cholla	gcolla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology 1

Contraction of Italian con (“with”) and la (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkol.la/, /ˌko.la/
• Rhymes: -olla, -ola
• Hyphenation: cól‧la

Contraction

colla

1. (dated) contraction of con +‎ la; with the

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare French colle, Sicilian coḍḍa, Spanish and Portuguese cola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla
• Hyphenation: còl‧la

Noun

colla f (plural colle)

1. glue or similar sticky material
2. size (substance)
3. (nautical) a rope used for lowering the sails

Derived terms

• colla di farina (“flour paste”)
• colla di pesce (“isinglass”)
• colloso (“sticky, gluey”)

Related terms

• collante (“glue; bond, link”)
• incollare (“to stick, glue; to paste”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قولا (kola)
  • Turkish: kola

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla
• Hyphenation: còl‧la

Verb

colla

1. inflection of collare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• alcol, callo, callo-

Latin

Noun

colla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of collum

References

• "colla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Noun

colla f (4th declension)

1. inch

Declension

Declension of colla (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	colla	collas
genitive	collas	collu
dative	collai	collām
accusative	collu	collas
instrumental	collu	collām
locative	collā	collās
vocative	colla	collas

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʝa/ [ˈko.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʝa/ [ˈko.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʎa/ [ˈko.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʃa/ [ˈko.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʒa/ [ˈko.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoja/ [ˈko.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -oʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: co‧lla

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Catalan colla.

Noun

colla f (plural collas)

1. A team of dockworkers or stevedores

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin collum, however the o in place of the expected diphthong ue (compare inherited doublet cuello) implies borrowing from another Romance language; however, no other Romance language is known to have such a word with a similar sense.

Noun

colla f (plural collas)

1. (historical) gorget (piece of armour for the throat)

   Synonyms: gorjal, gorguera

Further reading

• “colla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025