colline
French, noun/kɔ.lin/
colline is spelled C-O-L-L-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colline is a French feminine noun meaning “hill, downs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite élévation de terrain dont les pentes sont douces et arrondies”.
What does colline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehill, downs
Elle m'a dit d'aller siffler là-haut sur la colline.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite élévation de terrain dont les pentes sont douces et arrondies. 2. Vallée. 3. Division administrative de troisième niveau au Burundi (comprise dans une commune). 4. Meuble représentant le relief du même nom dans les armoiries. Ce meuble est rarement utilisé car difficile à distinguer des autres reliefs. À rapprocher de mont, montagne et rocher.
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 colline
- collines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colline?
- /kɔ.lin/
- \kɔ.lin\
- [kɔ.lin]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colline in French?
colline appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).