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How to spell colleague
Colleague is spelled C-O-L-L-E-A-G-U-E. The part people get wrong: double L.
What it means: A work associate.
In a sentence: My dad says his colleague at work likes to build model airplanes.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double l.
Same family: coworker, teammate, associate, partner, peer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Colleague comes from French collègue and Latin collega, meaning “one chosen along with another,” from col- (“together”) + legere (“to choose”). It literally refers to someone who is “chosen with” you to work in the same office, field, or profession.
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