collar
pronunciation
How to pronounce collar in British English:
UK [ˈkɒlə(r)]
How to pronounce collar in American English:
US [ˈkɑːlər]
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- Noun:
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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- Verb:
- take into custody
- seize by the neck or collar
- furnish with a collar
Word Origin
- collar
- collar: [13] Etymologically, a collar is simply something worn round one’s ‘neck’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman coler from Latin collāre, which meant ‘necklace’ as well as ‘part of a garment that encircles the neck’ (both senses have come through into English, although the latter has predominated). Collāre was a derivative of collum ‘neck’, which came from an earlier base *kols- that also produced German and Swedish hals ‘neck’.It has been speculated that it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *qwelo- ‘go round’, the root from which we get English wheel – the underlying notion being that the neck is that on which the head turns.=> décolleté, hauberk, wheel
- collar (n.)
- c. 1300, "neck armor, gorget," from Old French coler "neck, collar" (12c., Modern French collier), from Latin collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from collum "the neck," from PIE *kwol-o- "neck" (cognates: Old Norse and Middle Dutch hals "neck"), literally "that on which the head turns," from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about" (see cycle (n.)). Late 14c. as "border at the neck of a garment."
- collar (v.)
- 1550s, "to grab (someone) by the collar or neck," from collar (n.). Meaning "to capture" is attested from 1610s. Related: Collared; collaring. As a past participle adjective, collared "wearing a collar" is from late 14c.
Example
- 1. Sikes seized the boy 's collar through the window and pulled him back out into the garden .
- 2. As a general rule , anyone with a collar size of 16.5 inches or more is likely to snore .
- 3. If you unbutton your collar , remove your tie .
- 4. I prefer mine with a semi-cutaway collar , double cuffs and mother-of-pearl buttons .
- 5. Every monkey has a numbered collar , but each one also has a name .