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collie
(kɒli)
Word forms: plural collies
countable noun
A collie or a collie dog is a dog with long hair and a long, narrow nose.
collie in British English
(ˈkɒlɪ)
noun
any of several silky-coated breeds of dog developed for herding sheep and cattle
Border collie, rough collie, bearded collieWord origin
C17: Scottish, probably from earlier colie black with coal dust, from cole coalcollie in American English
(ˈkɑli)
noun
any of a breed of large, long-haired dog with a long, narrow head: first bred in Scotland for herding sheep
Word origin
said to be < coaly, coal-black < the color of some of the breedImage ofcollie
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British English: collie /ˈkɒlɪ/ NOUN
A collie or a collie dog is a dog with long hair and a long, narrow nose.
- American English: collie
- Arabic: كَلْب اسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ ضَخْم
- Brazilian Portuguese: collie
- Chinese: 牧羊犬
- Croatian: škotski ovčar
- Czech: kolie
- Danish: collie
- Dutch: collie
- European Spanish: pastor escocés
- Finnish: lammaskoira
- French: colley
- German: Collie
- Greek: κόλεϊ
- Italian: collie
- Japanese: コリー
- Korean: 콜리
- Norwegian: fårehund
- Polish: owczarek szkocki
- European Portuguese: Collie
- Romanian: ciobănesc scoțian
- Russian: колли
- Latin American Spanish: pastor collie
- Swedish: collie
- Thai: สุนัขใหญ่ขนยาวที่ใช้เลี้ยงแกะ
- Turkish: İskoç çoban köpeği
- Ukrainian: колі
- Vietnamese: giống chó côli