Meanings
verbcollaborate (third-person singular simple present collaborates, present participle collaborating, simple past and past participle collaborated)
present singular third person collaborates · participle present collaborating · participle past collaborated · past collaborated
- To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Late Latincollabōrātus
- Frenchcollaborer
- Frenchcollaborateur
- Englishcollaborate
Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.
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Arabic تَعَاوَنَ, تَعاوَنُ مَعَ العَدُوّ
- تَعَاوَنَ (taʕāwana)to work together on a piece of work
- تَعاوَنُ مَعَ العَدُوّ (taʕāwanu maʕa l-ʕaduww)to cooperate treasonably
Bulgarian сътруднича, колаборирам
- сътруднича (sătrudniča)to work together on a piece of work
- колаборирам (kolaboriram)to cooperate treasonably
Catalan col·laborar
- col·laborarto work together on a piece of work
Chinese Mandarin 合作, 協作 /协作
- 合作 (hézuò)to work together on a piece of work
- 協作 /协作 (xiézuò)to work together on a piece of work
- 配合 (pèihé)to work together on a piece of work
- 勾結 /勾结 (gōujié)to cooperate treasonably
- 通敵 /通敌 (tōngdí)to cooperate treasonably
Czech spolupracovat, kolaborovat
- spolupracovatto work together on a piece of work
- kolaborovatto cooperate treasonably
Danish samarbejde, kollaborere
- samarbejdeto work together on a piece of work
- kollaborereto cooperate treasonably
- samarbejdeto cooperate treasonably
Dutch samenwerken, collaboreren
- samenwerkento work together on a piece of work
- collaborerento cooperate treasonably
Esperanto kunlabori, kunagi
- kunlaborito work together on a piece of work
- kunagito work together on a piece of work
Estonian koostööd tegema, kollaboreerima
- koostööd tegemato work together on a piece of work
- kollaboreerimato cooperate treasonably
Finnish tehdä yhteistyötä, olla yhteistoiminnassa
- tehdä yhteistyötäto work together on a piece of work
- olla yhteistoiminnassato cooperate treasonably
- olla yhteistyössäto cooperate treasonably
French collaborer, collaborer
- collaborerto work together on a piece of work
- collaborerto cooperate treasonably
German zusammenarbeiten, kollaborieren
- zusammenarbeitento work together on a piece of work
- kollaborierento cooperate treasonably
- mit dem Feind zusammenarbeitento cooperate treasonably
Greek συνεργάζομαι, συνεργάζομαι
- συνεργάζομαι (synergázomai)to work together on a piece of work
- συνεργάζομαι (synergázomai)to cooperate treasonably
Hebrew שיתף פעולה, שיתף פעולה
- שיתף פעולה (shitéf p'ula)to work together on a piece of work
- שיתף פעולה (shitéf p'ula)to cooperate treasonably
Hungarian együttműködik, közösen/együtt dolgozik
- együttműködikto work together on a piece of work
- közösen/együtt dolgozikto work together on a piece of work
- kollaborálto cooperate treasonably
- összejátszikto cooperate treasonably
Icelandic vinna saman, vinna með
- vinna samanto work together on a piece of work
- vinna meðto cooperate treasonably
Indonesian kerjasama, berkolaborasi
- kerjasamato work together on a piece of work
- berkolaborasito work together on a piece of work
- berkhianatto cooperate treasonably
Italian collaborare, collaborare
- collaborareto work together on a piece of work
- collaborareto cooperate treasonably
Japanese 協力する, 共同して働く
- 協力する (kyōryoku suru)to work together on a piece of work
- 共同して働く (kyōdō shite hataraku)to work together on a piece of work
- 協力する (kyōryoku suru)to cooperate treasonably
Korean 공동으로 일하다, 협력하다
- 공동으로 일하다 (gongdong'euro ilhada)to work together on a piece of work
- 협력하다to cooperate treasonably
Latvian sadarboties, līdzdarboties
- sadarbotiesto work together on a piece of work
- līdzdarbotiesto work together on a piece of work
- sadarboties (ar ienaidnieku)to cooperate treasonably
Lithuanian drauge dirbti, bendradarbiauti
- drauge dirbtito work together on a piece of work
- bendradarbiautito cooperate treasonably
- kolaboruotito cooperate treasonably
Māori mahitahi
- mahitahito work together on a piece of work
Norwegian samarbeide, samarbeide (med fienden)
- samarbeideto work together on a piece of work
- samarbeide (med fienden)to cooperate treasonably
- kollaborereto cooperate treasonably
Polish współpracować, kolaborować
- współpracowaćto work together on a piece of work
- kolaborowaćto cooperate treasonably
Portuguese colaborar, colaborar
- colaborarto work together on a piece of work
- colaborarto cooperate treasonably
Romanian colabora, colabora
- colaborato work together on a piece of work
- colaborato cooperate treasonably
Russian сотру́дничать, коопери́ровать
- сотру́дничать (sotrúdničatʹ)to work together on a piece of work
- коопери́ровать (kooperírovatʹ)to work together on a piece of work
- сотру́дничать с враго́м (sotrúdničatʹ s vragóm)to cooperate treasonably
Slovak spolupracovať, kolaborovať
- spolupracovaťto work together on a piece of work
- kolaborovaťto cooperate treasonably
Spanish colaborar, coadyuvar
- colaborarto work together on a piece of work
- coadyuvarto work together on a piece of work
- colaborarto cooperate treasonably
Swedish samarbeta, samverka
- samarbetato work together on a piece of work
- samverkato work together on a piece of work
- samarbetato cooperate treasonably
- kollaborerato cooperate treasonably
Thai ร่วมมือ, ประสานงาน
- ร่วมมือ (rûuam-mʉʉ)to work together on a piece of work
- ประสานงาน (bprà-sǎan-ngaan)to work together on a piece of work
Turkish birlikte çalışmak, işbirliği yapmak
- birlikte çalışmakto work together on a piece of work
- işbirliği yapmakto cooperate treasonably
Ukrainian співпрацюва́ти
- співпрацюва́ти (spivpracjuváty)to work together on a piece of work
Yiddish מיטאַרבעטן, צוזאַמענאַרבעטן
- מיטאַרבעטן (mitarbetn)to work together on a piece of work
- צוזאַמענאַרבעטן (tsuzamenarbetn)to work together on a piece of work
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