colher

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather).

Pronunciation

Verb

colher

  1. to collect, to gather
  2. to pick up, to harvest

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Galician: coller
  • Portuguese: colher

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

colher

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).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lher

Noun

colher f (plural colheres)

  1. spoon (eating utensil)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather). Compare also the borrowed doublets coligir and coligar. Cognate with Galician coller, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lher

Verb

colher (first-person singular present colho, first-person singular preterite colhi, past participle colhido)

  1. to harvest, get, reap, gather
Conjugation