Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
collectanea
(col¦lec|ta¦nea)
Pronunciation:
/kɒlɛkˈtɑːnɪə, -ˈteɪn-/
plural noun
[
also treated as singular
]
passages, remarks, and other pieces of text collected from various sources.
Origin:
mid 17th century
: Latin
, neuter plural of
collectaneus
'gathered together'
Nearby Words
collate
collateral
collateral contract
collateralize
collation
colleague
collect
1
collect
2
collectable
collectanea
collected
collection
collective
collective bargaining
collective farm
collective mark
collective memory
collective noun
collective ownership