colleen

CEFRB2

/kəˈliːn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A young Irish woman or girl.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A young single woman.

Examples

  • The young colleen danced a traditional Irish jig at the festival.

  • Colleen is a popular Irish name.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

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In context

  • Colleen was the main character's name.

  • Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.

  • Her name is spelled Coleen making her "Co" with a hard O and not Colleen by any stretch - I'm suspicious on her authority on the subject.

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The young blank from Ireland danced gracefully at the festival.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920s).