collar

B1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈkɑ.ləɹ/ UK /ˈkɒl.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4788

Meanings

1

noun
The part of a shirt, coat, or dress that fits around the neck.

He turned up his collar against the wind.
2

noun
A band put around an animal's neck, especially a dog's.

She fastened a new collar on the puppy.
3

verb
To catch and hold someone, or to stop them to talk.

A reporter collared the minister as he left the building.
4

noun
An arrest, in informal use.

The detective was proud of the collar.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 noun · an arrest, in informal use. apprehension

More collum

Word family

Forms collaredcollaringcollars

Derived forms bell-collarblack-collarblue-collarcollar-bonecollar-workcollarbonecollaringcollarlesscollarmakercollarmakinge-collargold-collar

Related forms accolade

Appears in

Phrases (1)

See all

clerical collar
a stiff white collar worn as a sign that someone is a member of the clergy

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

See all

hot under the collar
noticeably irritated or angry

Simplified etymology

Collar, recorded in Middle English, ultimately derives from Latin collum, meaning “neck.” It belongs to the same word family as accolade.

Etymology

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

*kʷel- Proto-Indo-European coler Middle English collāre la-lat collāris Latin

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Clothing & Appearance Register & Style

External links

# collar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑ.ləɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒl.ə/
**Frequency rank:** 4788

## Meanings
1. The part of a shirt, coat, or dress that fits around the neck.
2. A band put around an animal's neck, especially a dog's.
3. To catch and hold someone, or to stop them to talk.
4. An arrest, in informal use.

## Examples
- He turned up his collar against the wind.
- She fastened a new collar on the puppy.
- A reporter collared the minister as he left the building.
- The detective was proud of the collar.

## Synonyms
- collum

## Derived Forms
- bell-collar
- black-collar
- blue-collar
- collar-bone
- collar-work
- collarbone
- collaring
- collarless
- collarmaker
- collarmaking
- e-collar
- gold-collar

## Related Forms
- accolade

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kʷel-
- Root: coler
- Root: collāre
- Root: collāris

## Etymology
From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

## AI Etymology
collar is a noun and verb. It is from Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet. Historical forms in the chain include *kʷel- (Proto-Indo-European), coler (Middle English), coler (Old French), collāre (Late Latin), and collāris (Latin). Current senses include the part of a shirt, coat, or dress that fits around the neck, a band put around an animal's neck, especially a dog's, and to catch and hold someone, or to stop them to talk. Derived forms include bell-collar, black-collar, blue-collar, collar-bone, and collar-work. Related words include accolade.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Register & Style

markdown