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colloquer

Pronunciation: /kɔ.lɔ.ke/

“colloquer” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lodge someone, to set up someone in a place, to establish, to install
  2. to converse

In French

  1. Placer.
  2. Ranger des créanciers dans l’ordre suivant lequel ils doivent être payés sur le prix de la vente, faite en justice, d’un objet qui appartenait à leur débiteur commun.
  3. Placer une personne, une chose dont on veut se débarrasser.
  4. Appliquer.
  5. Interner.
  6. S’asseoir.
  7. Avec une nuance ironique, s'entretenir, débattre, tenir des colloques.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of coucher, which was inherited.

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