"colline" meaning in French

See colline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ.lin/ Audio: Fr-colline.ogg , Fr-Paris--colline.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-colline.wav [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-colline.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-colline.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-colline.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: collines [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|collina}} Borrowed from Italian collina, {{der|fr|la-lat|collina}} Late Latin collina, {{der|fr|la|collinus}} Latin collinus Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} colline f (plural collines)
  1. hill, downs Tags: feminine Derived forms: pays des mille collines
    Sense id: en-colline-fr-noun-kQI9vqsS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Landforms

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "kolinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "collina"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian collina",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "collina"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin collina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "collinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin collinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "collines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "colline f (plural collines)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "fr:Landforms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "pays des mille collines"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.",
          "text": "Elle m'a dit d'aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.",
          "translation": "She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hill, downs"
      ],
      "id": "en-colline-fr-noun-kQI9vqsS",
      "links": [
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "downs",
          "downs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ.lin/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-colline.ogg",
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "choline"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colline"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pays des mille collines"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "kolinn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "collina"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "collina"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin collina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "collinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin collinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "collines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "colline f (plural collines)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Late Latin",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Landforms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.",
          "text": "Elle m'a dit d'aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.",
          "translation": "She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hill, downs"
      ],
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        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "downs",
          "downs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ.lin/"
    },
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Fr-Paris--colline.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
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        "Paris"
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        "Vosges"
      ]
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        "France",
        "Vosges"
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        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "choline"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colline"
}

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