collaborator

English

Alternative forms

collaborateur (dated)

Etymology

From French collaborateur.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
Hyphenation: col‧lab‧or‧a‧tor

Noun

collaborator (plural collaborators)

French marshal Philippe Pétain was a Nazi collaborator (second sense) who established Vichy France.

A person who works with others towards a common goal.
Synonym: team player

Hyponyms: colaborer, colabourer
A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.
Synonyms: turncoat, collaborationist

Derived terms

Translations

person who works with others towards a common goal

Armenian: համաշխատող (hamašxatoġ), գործակից (hy) (gorcakicʻ)
Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік m (supracóŭnik), супрацо́ўніца f (supracóŭnica)
Bulgarian: сътру́дник (bg) m (sǎtrúdnik), сътру́дница f (sǎtrúdnica)
Catalan: col·laborador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě)
Czech: spolupracovník (cs) m
Dutch: medewerker (nl) m, medewerkster (nl) f
Esperanto: kunlaboranto
Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani
French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
Galician: colaborador m
German: Mitarbeiter (de) m, Mitarbeiterin (de) f
Hungarian: közreműködő (hu)
Icelandic: samstarfsmaður m
Italian: collaboratore (it) m
Maori: hoa mahitahi
Polish: współpracownik (pl) m, współpracowniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: colaborador (pt) m
Russian: сотру́дник (ru) m (sotrúdnik), сотру́дница (ru) f (sotrúdnica)
Spanish: colaborador m
Swedish: samarbetspartner (sv) c, medarbetare (sv)
Ukrainian: співробітни́к m (spivrobitnýk), співробітни́ця f (spivrobitnýcja)

person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст m (kalabaracyjaníst), калабарацыяні́стка f (kalabaracyjanístka), калабара́нт m (kalabaránt), калабара́нтка f (kalabarántka)
Bulgarian: колаборациони́ст (bg) m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 通敵者／通敌者 (tōngdízhě), 合作者 (zh) (hézuòzhě)
Czech: kolaborant (cs) m, kolaborantka f
Dutch: collaborateur (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kätyri (fi), kollaboraattori (fi)
French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Kollaborateurin (de) f
Hungarian: kollaboráns (hu)
Italian: collaborazionista m
Japanese: 合作者 (がっさくしゃ, gassakusha), 協力者 (きょうりょくしゃ, kyōryōkusha)
Korean: 합작자(合作者) (hapjakja), 협력자(協力者) (hyeomnyeokja)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: колаборациони́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колаборациони́стка f (kolaboracionístka)
Polish: kolaborant (pl) m, kolaborantka (pl) f, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: коллаборациони́ст (ru) m (kollaboracioníst), коллаборациони́стка (ru) f (kollaboracionístka), коллабора́нт (ru) m (kollaboránt), коллабора́нтка f (kollaborántka)
Slovak: kolaborant m, kolaborantka f
Sranan Tongo: redimusu
Swedish: kollaboratör (sv) c, quisling (sv) c, femtekolonnare (sv) c, medlöpare (sv) c, samarbetsman c
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст m (kolaboracioníst), колабораціоні́стка f (kolaboracionístka), колабора́нт (uk) m (kolaboránt), колабора́нтка f (kolaborántka)

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Estonian: kollaborant, kaasajooksik
Greek: συνεργάτης (el) m (synergátis)
Italian: collaboratore (it) m, collaboratrice (it) f
Norman: collaborateur m
Spanish: colaborador m
Turkish: birlikte çalışmak c, iş birliği yapmak (tr) c, ortak çalışmak c

Latin

Verb

collabōrātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō

References

collaborator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)