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noun, feminine

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/kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/plural: collations

the process of granting an academic degree; a snack; specifically, a light snack usually taken between breakfast and lunch (often employed as the analogue of English brunch)

Borrowed from Latin collātiōnem (“gathering”). The sense "snack" derives from collātiō in the sense of "gathering of monks for a meal."

collation — French Dictionary | Passage