collaboration

English Online Dictionary. What means collaboration‎? What does collaboration mean?

English

Etymology

Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, [kʰəˌlæbəˈɹeɪ̯ʃən]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

collaboration (countable and uncountable, plural collaborations)

1. (uncountable) The act of collaborating.

2. (countable) A production or creation made by collaborating.

3. (uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

Derived terms

Related terms

• collaborate
• collaborator
• collaborative
• collaboratively

Translations

References

• “collaboration”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “collaboration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "collaboration" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Etymology

From collaborer +‎ -tion, from Late Latin collaboratio, from Latin com- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
• Homophone: collaborations
• Hyphenation: co‧lla‧bo‧ra‧tion

Noun

collaboration f (plural collaborations)

1. collaboration

Further reading

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