"colle" meaning in French

See colle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔl/ Audio: Fr-colle.ogg Forms: colles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Portuguese and Spanish cola. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|VL.|colla|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin colla, {{inh+|fr|VL.|colla}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, {{der|fr|grc|κόλλα||glue}} Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”), {{cog|it|colla}} Italian colla, {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{cog|es|cola}} Spanish cola Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} colle f (plural colles)
  1. glue Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-noun-mVUt6ZmK
  2. (France, education) oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS Tags: France, feminine Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: khôlle
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-noun-idQFtJFd Categories (other): French French Topics: education
  3. (by extension, figurative) conundrum, stumper (difficult question) Tags: broadly, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-noun-jKr4RUY4
  4. (school slang) detention Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-noun-OcVHrWGd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coller, pot de colle, poser une colle, sous-khôlle
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɔl/ Audio: Fr-colle.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} colle
  1. inflection of coller:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: coller
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-verb-wrr5Ri0- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 6 3 2 66 16
  2. inflection of coller:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: coller
    Sense id: en-colle-fr-verb-O~xA3H8M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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