colleter
French, verb/kɔl.te/
colleter is spelled C-O-L-L-E-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colleter is a French verb meaning “to wrap round the collar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre quelqu’un au collet pour lui faire violence”.
What does colleter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wrap round the collar
- 2
to collar (grab by the collar)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre quelqu’un au collet pour lui faire violence. 2. Se battre. 3. Être aux prises avec quelque chose. 4. Prendre un animal au collet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colleter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- colletant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- colleté participle past
- collette first-person indicative present
- collète first-person indicative present
- collettes indicative present second-person
- collètes indicative present second-person
- colletons first-person indicative plural
- colletez indicative plural present
- collettent indicative plural present
- collètent indicative plural present
- colletais first-person imperfect indicative
- colletait imperfect indicative singular
- colletions first-person imperfect indicative
- colletiez imperfect indicative plural
- colletaient imperfect indicative plural
- colletai first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colleter?
- /kɔl.te/
- \kɔl.te\
- \kɔ.lə.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colleter in French?
colleter appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).