collaborator

English

Alternative forms

• collaborateur (dated)

Etymology

From French collaborateur.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
• Hyphenation: col‧lab‧or‧a‧tor

Noun

collaborator (plural collaborators)

1. A person who works with others towards a common goal.

   Synonym: team player

   Hyponyms: colaborer, colabourer

2. A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

   Synonyms: turncoat, collaborationist

Derived terms

• collaboratress
• telecollaborator

Translations

person who works with others towards a common goal

Armenian: համաշխատող (hamašxatoġ), գործակից (hy) (gorcakicʻ) Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік m (supracóŭnik), супрацо́ўніца f (supracóŭnica) Bulgarian: сътру́дник (bg) m (sǎtrúdnik), сътру́дница f (sǎtrúdnica) Catalan: col·laborador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě) Czech: spolupracovník (cs) m Dutch: medewerker (nl) m, medewerkster (nl) f Esperanto: kunlaboranto Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f Galician: colaborador m German: Mitarbeiter (de) m, Mitarbeiterin (de) f Hungarian: közreműködő (hu) Icelandic: samstarfsmaður m Indonesian: kolaborator (id) Italian: collaboratore (it) m Maori: hoa mahitahi Polish: współpracownik (pl) m, współpracowniczka (pl) f Portuguese: colaborador (pt) m Russian: сотру́дник (ru) m (sotrúdnik), сотру́дница (ru) f (sotrúdnica) Spanish: colaborador m Swedish: samarbetspartner (sv) c, medarbetare (sv) Ukrainian: співробітни́к m (spivrobitnýk), співробітни́ця f (spivrobitnýcja)

person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст m (kalabaracyjaníst), калабарацыяні́стка f (kalabaracyjanístka), калабара́нт m (kalabaránt), калабара́нтка f (kalabarántka) Bulgarian: колаборациони́ст (bg) m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka) Chinese: Mandarin: 通敵者 / 通敌者 (tōngdízhě), 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě) Czech: kolaborant (cs) m, kolaborantka f Dutch: collaborateur (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kätyri (fi), kollaboraattori (fi) French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Kollaborateurin (de) f Hungarian: kollaboráns (hu) Italian: collaborazionista m Japanese: 合作者 (がっさくしゃ, gassakusha), 協力者 (きょうりょくしゃ, kyōryōkusha) Korean: 합작자(合作者) (hapjakja), 협력자(協力者) (hyeomnyeokja) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: колаборациони́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka) Polish: kolaborant (pl) m, kolaborantka (pl) f, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: коллаборациони́ст (ru) m (kollaboracioníst), коллаборациони́стка (ru) f (kollaboracionístka), коллабора́нт (ru) m (kollaboránt), коллабора́нтка f (kollaborántka) Slovak: kolaborant m, kolaborantka f Spanish: colaboracionista m or f Sranan Tongo: redimusu Swedish: kollaboratör (sv) c, quisling (sv) c, femtekolonnare (sv) c, medlöpare (sv) c, samarbetsman c Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колабораціоні́стка f (kolaboracionístka), колабора́нт (uk) m (kolaboránt), колабора́нтка f (kolaborántka)

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Estonian: kollaborant, kaasajooksik Greek: συνεργάτης (el) m (synergátis) Italian: collaboratore (it) m, collaboratrice (it) f Norman: collaborateur m Turkish: birlikte çalışmak c, iş birliği yapmak (tr) c, ortak çalışmak c

See also

• collaborate
• collaboration

Latin

Verb

collabōrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō

References

• "collaborator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)