# colleague

Pronunciation: US say "KAH-leeg" /ˈkɑliɡ/; UK say "KOL-eeg" /ˈkɒliːɡ/

## Noun

1. A fellow member of one's profession, staff, faculty, or organization; an associate or workmate.
   - Simple: A person you work with at the same job or organization.
   - _He consulted a senior colleague before making the final decision._
   - _The professor co-authored the paper with three colleagues from other universities._

## Verb

2. To unite or associate one person or group with another or with others. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To join one person or group together with another.

## Origin

Latin lēx ("law") underlies lēgō ("to send on an embassy"), which joined with com- ("with") to form collēga ("a partner in office"). This became Middle French collegue, the source of the English word.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/colleague (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).