Meanings
nouncollaboration (countable and uncountable, plural collaborations)
plural collaborations
- uncountableThe act of collaborating.
Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.
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During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.
- countableA production or creation made by collaborating.
The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.
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With the recent announcement of a Cinematic Universe being created as a collaboration between Henry Cavill (Oh God Emperor of the Nerds that he is) and a small production company called Amazon, plus the general increase in hobbying over the past few years, it’s never been so popular.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounact of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
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Origin
- Latincon-“with”
- Late Latincollaboratus
- Frenchcollaboration
- Englishcollaboration
Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate + -ion.
More words from French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans samewerking
- samewerkingact of collaborating
Bulgarian сътру́дничество
- сътру́дничество (sătrúdničestvo)act of collaborating
Catalan col·laboració
- col·laboracióact of collaborating
Chinese Mandarin 合作, 協作 /协作
- 合作 (hézuò)act of collaborating
- 協作 /协作 (xiézuò)act of collaborating
- 合作 (hézuò)joint production or creation
- 協作 /协作 (xiézuò)joint production or creation
- 勾結 /勾结 (gōujié)treasonous cooperation
- 通敵 /通敌 (tōngdí)treasonous cooperation
Czech spolupráce, kolaborace
- spolupráceact of collaborating
- kolaboracetreasonous cooperation
Danish kollaboration
- kollaborationtreasonous cooperation
Dutch samenwerking, het samenwerken
- samenwerkingact of collaborating
- het samenwerkenact of collaborating
- collaboratietreasonous cooperation
Esperanto kunlaboraĵo, kunlaborado
- kunlaboraĵoact of collaborating
- kunlaboradoact of collaborating
- kunlaboroact of collaborating
Finnish yhteistyö, myötävaikuttaminen
- yhteistyöact of collaborating
- myötävaikuttaminenact of collaborating
- myötävaikutusact of collaborating
- kollaboraatioact of collaborating
- yhteistuotantojoint production or creation
- yhteistoimintatreasonous cooperation
- yhteistyö (vihollisen kanssa - with the enemy)treasonous cooperation
French collaboration, collaboration
- collaborationact of collaborating
- collaborationtreasonous cooperation
German Kollektivarbeit, Zusammenarbeit
- Kollektivarbeitact of collaborating
- Zusammenarbeitact of collaborating
- Kollaborationact of collaborating
- Kollaborationtreasonous cooperation
- Zusammenarbeittreasonous cooperation
Greek συνεργασία, συνεργασία
- συνεργασία (synergasía)act of collaborating
- συνεργασία (synergasía)joint production or creation
Hebrew שיתוף פעולה
- שיתוף פעולה (shituf pe'ula)act of collaborating
Hungarian együttműködés, kollaborálás
- együttműködésact of collaborating
- kollaborálástreasonous cooperation
Indonesian kerja sama, kolaborasi
- kerja samaact of collaborating
- kolaborasiact of collaborating
Italian collaborazione, collaborazione
- collaborazioneact of collaborating
- collaborazionejoint production or creation
Japanese コラボレーション, コラボ
- コラボレーション (koraborēshon)act of collaborating
- コラボ (korabo)act of collaborating
- 協調act of collaborating
- 協力 (kyōryoku)act of collaborating
- 共働 (kyōdō)act of collaborating
- 合作 (gassaku)act of collaborating
- コラボレーション (koraborēshon)joint production or creation
- コラボ (korabo)joint production or creation
- 合作 (gassaku)joint production or creation
- 共作 (kyōsaku)joint production or creation
- 裏切り (uragiri)treasonous cooperation
- 利敵協力 (riteki kyōryoku)treasonous cooperation
Korean 콜라보레이션, 콜라보
- 콜라보레이션 (kollaboreisyeon)act of collaborating
- 콜라보 (kollabo)act of collaborating
- 협업 (hyeobeop)act of collaborating
- 협력 (hyeomnyeok)act of collaborating
- 합작 (hapjak)act of collaborating
- 콜라보레이션 (kollaboreisyeon)joint production or creation
- 콜라보 (kollabo)joint production or creation
- 합작 (hapjak)joint production or creation
Latin collabōrātiō
- collabōrātiōact of collaborating
Malay kerjasama, persekongkolan
- kerjasamaact of collaborating
- persekongkolantreasonous cooperation
- ڤرسکوڠکولن (persekungkulan)treasonous cooperation
- persubahatantreasonous cooperation
- kolaborasitreasonous cooperation
Māori ngātahitanga
- ngātahitangajoint production or creation
Norwegian samarbeid
- samarbeidact of collaborating
Polish współpraca, kolaboracja
- współpracaact of collaborating
- kolaboracjatreasonous cooperation
Portuguese colaboração, conspiração
- colaboraçãoact of collaborating
- conspiraçãotreasonous cooperation
- formação de quadrilhatreasonous cooperation
Romanian colaborare, colaborări
- colaborareact of collaborating
- colaborăriact of collaborating
Russian сотру́дничество, коопера́ция
- сотру́дничество (sotrúdničestvo)act of collaborating
- коопера́ция (kooperácija)act of collaborating
- совме́стная рабо́та (sovméstnaja rabóta)act of collaborating
- совме́стная рабо́та (sovméstnaja rabóta)joint production or creation
- сотру́дничество (sotrúdničestvo)joint production or creation
- сотру́дничество (sotrúdničestvo)treasonous cooperation
- коллаборациони́зм (kollaboracionízm)treasonous cooperation
Spanish colaboración
- colaboraciónact of collaborating
Swahili kolabo, kolabo
- kolaboact of collaborating
- kolabojoint production or creation
Swedish samarbete, kollaboration
- samarbeteact of collaborating
- kollaborationtreasonous cooperation
Turkish imece, iş birliği
- imeceact of collaborating
- iş birliğiact of collaborating
- emektaşlıkact of collaborating
Ukrainian співробі́тництво, співпра́ця
- співробі́тництво (spivrobítnyctvo)act of collaborating
- співпра́ця (spivprácja)act of collaborating
- співпра́ця (spivprácja)treasonous cooperation
- колабораціоні́зм (kolaboracionízm)treasonous cooperation
- колабора́ція (kolaborácija)treasonous cooperation
- колабора́нтство (kolaborántstvo)treasonous cooperation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with collaboration
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
collaboration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collaboration
MLA
“collaboration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collaboration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collaboration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collaboration.
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