colline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French colline.

Noun

colline (plural collines)

1. (obsolete, rare) A small hill or mount.

   Synonym: hillock

Derived terms

• intercolline

Anagrams

• Nicolle, lioncel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian collina, from Late Latin collina, from Latin collinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lin/

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• Homophone: choline

Noun

colline f (plural collines)

1. hill, downs

   Elle m'a dit d'aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.

   She told me to go thither and whistle on the hill.

Derived terms

• pays des mille collines

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: kolinn

Further reading

• “colline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: col‧lì‧ne

Noun

colline f pl

1. plural of collina

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈliː.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈliː.ne]

Adjective

collīne

1. vocative masculine singular of collīnus