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A colleague is an associate in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office. In a narrower sense, members of the faculty of a university or college are each other's "colleagues". Sociologists of organizations use the word 'collegiality' in a technical sense, to create a contrast with the concept of bureaucracy .
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This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Spelling Pronunciation Part of speech Meaning affetto: affètto noun affection affétto verb I slice arena: arèna noun arena aréna noun sand botte: bòtte noun blows, pounding bótte noun barrel collega: collèga noun colleague colléga verb he/she connects colto: còlto ppl. gathered cólto adjective cultivated corresse: corrèsse verb
As well as an educational institution, the term, in accordance with its etymology, may also refer to any formal group of colleagues set up under statute or regulation; often under a Royal Charter. Examples include an electoral college, the College of Arms, a college of canons, and the College of Cardinals. Other collegiate bodies include ...
The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...
A category for articles relating to English spelling. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. English th (9 P) R.
The spelling draught reflects the older pronunciation, / d r ɑː x t /. Draft emerged in the 16th century to reflect the change in pronunciation. [146] [147] dyke: dike: The spelling with "i" is sometimes found in the UK, but the "y" spelling is rare in the US, where the y distinguishes dike in this sense from dyke, a slur term for a lesbian ...