colcha

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese colcha (independently attested in both corpora), probably not from Latin culcita (compare cócedra), but from Old French culche (Modern French couche), from Old French colchier, from Latin collocare. Compare Portuguese and Spanish colcha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkolt͡ʃa/ [ˈkolʲ.t͡ʃɐ] Rhymes: -oltʃa Hyphenation: col‧cha === Noun === colcha f (plural colchas) bedspread, quilt 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127: ==== Derived terms ==== colcheiro colchón === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “colcha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “colcha”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colcha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colcha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colcha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “colcha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “colcha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Ladino == === Alternative forms === kolcha (Aki Yerushalayim spelling) koltcha (French orthography spelling) kolça (Turkish orthography spelling) קולג׳ה (Hebrew orthography spelling) kolche (Aki Yerushalayim spelling used in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Old Yishuv of Jerusalem, West Bulgaria and Ruse) koltche (French orthography spelling used in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Old Yishuv of Jerusalem, West Bulgaria and Ruse) === Etymology === From Old Spanish colcha, either from Latin culcita (“mattress”) or borrowed from Old French culche (Modern French couche), from Old French colchier, from Latin collocō (“put in place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkol.t͡ʃa/, [ˈkoɫ.t͡ʃa] IPA(key): [ˈkol.t͡ʃæ], [ˈkol.t͡ʃɛ], [ˈkol.t͡ʃe], [ˈkol.t͡ʃə] (dialects with the reduction of final /a/) === Noun === colcha f (plural colchas) quilt (bed covering), duvet == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese colcha, probably from Latin culcita (“mattress”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: col‧cha === Noun === colcha f (plural colchas) quilt (bed covering) Synonym: edredom ==== Derived terms ==== colchão === Further reading === “colcha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “colcha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkolt͡ʃa/ [ˈkolʲ.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -oltʃa Syllabification: col‧cha === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French colche (“bed, couch”) (cf. modern French couche), ultimately from Latin collocō (“put in place”). ==== Noun ==== colcha f (plural colchas) bedspread, quilt Synonym: cubrecama blanket Synonyms: cobija, frazada, manta ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== colcha inflection of colchar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “colcha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “colcha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 135