English
Etymology
English collect< Middle English collecten< L. colligere ("to gather together", past participle collectus)< com- (together) + legare (to choose)< PIE *leg-, "to pick out, select" (Watkins, 1969)
Pronunciation
AHD|k�-l�k'tûr or k�-l�k'tûr or k�-l�k't�r
Noun
en-noun
- A person or thing which collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
#: He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
#: That old piano is just a big dust collector.
- A person who is employed to collect payments.
#: She works for the government as a tax collector.
- context|electronics The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
Translations
trans-top|that which collects
Croatian: t-|hr|kolekcionar|m
Czech: sb�ratel m (person)
French: t+|fr|collectionneur
Hebrew: ×�ספ×� (asfan) m, ×�×¡×¤× ×�ת (asfanyt) f
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trans-bottom
trans-top|person who is employed to collect payments
Czech: t-|cs|výbÄ�rÄ�Ã|m
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trans-bottom
trans-top|amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor
Croatian: t-|hr|kolektor|m
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