collection

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- +‎ legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalen to collect +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈlɛkʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Hyphenation: col‧lec‧tion === Noun === collection (countable and uncountable, plural collections) A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together. (music) A set of pitch classes used by a composer. The activity of collecting. (set theory, topology, mathematical analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. (law) Debt collection. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. (Oxford University, usually in the plural) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. The quality of being collected; calm composure. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Alternative forms === c., coll. (abbreviation) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin collēctiō. Cf. also Old French quieuçon, which may be inherited from the same source, and the modern cueillaison, which was probably formed analogically. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ Homophone: collections Hyphenation: col‧lec‧tion === Noun === collection f (plural collections) collection ==== Derived terms ==== collectionner collectionneur collectionnite ==== Related terms ==== collecte collecter cueillette cueillir ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: colecție → Turkish: koleksiyon === Further reading === “collection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012