collaborateur

== English == === Noun === collaborateur (plural collaborateurs) Dated form of collaborator. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French collaborateur. The word became the primary label for Nazi collaborators during the Second World War and has been extremely pejorative ever since. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.laː.boː.raːˈtøːr/ Hyphenation: col‧la‧bo‧ra‧teur Rhymes: -øːr === Noun === collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs, diminutive collaborateurtje n) (derogatory) one who collaborates or has collaborated with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; traitorous collaborator [from WW II] (dated) a collaborator, one who cooperates on a certain work [19th c.–early 1940s] ==== Related terms ==== collaboratie collaboreren ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: kolaborator == French == === Etymology === From Late Latin collabōrāre +‎ -ateur, or constructed from collaborer +‎ -eur; eventually from Latin col- (“with, together”) + labor (“work”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tœʁ/ === Noun === collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs, feminine collaboratrice) collaborator (in particular, derogatory) one who collaborates or has collaborated with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; traitorous collaborator [from WW II] Synonym: collabo === Further reading === “collaborateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French collaborateur. === Noun === collaborateur m (plural collaborateurs) (Jersey) (Nazi) collaborator