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colher
colher
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
colher f (plural colheres)
- spoon (eating utensil)
Related terms
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: kudjer
Etymology 2
From Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect, gather”).
Pronunciation
Verb
colher (first-person singular present indicative colho, past participle colhido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb colher
Etymology
colher
From Old Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochlear, cochleāris (“spoon”). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Confer with caracol (“snail”).