college

See also:Collegeandcollège

English

Stonyhurst College,a private school inLancashire,England

Alternative forms

• colledg,colledge(obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European*ḱe-?

Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm

Proto-Italic*kom

Old Latincom

Latincum

Latincon-

Latinlēx

Proto-Indo-European*-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European*-yéti

Proto-Indo-European*-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic*-āō

Latin-ō

Latinlēgō

Latincollēga

Proto-Indo-European*-yōs

Proto-Italic*-jōs

Old Latin-ios

Latin-ius

Latin-ium

Latincollēgiumbor.

Old Frenchcollege

Middle Frenchcollegebor.

Middle Englishcollege

Englishcollege

FromMiddle Englishcollege,fromMiddle Frenchcollege,fromOld Frenchcollege,fromLatincollēgium.Doubletofcollegium.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio(UK):

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• Audio(US):

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• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-ɒlɪdʒ

Noun

college(pluralcolleges)

1. (obsolete)Acorporategroup; a group ofcolleagues.
2. (in some proper nouns)A group sharing common purposes or goals.

   CollegeofCardinals,Collegeof Surgeons

   • 1911,James George Frazer,The Golden Bough,volume 9, page232:

     The Salii were not limited to Rome; similarcollegesof dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.

3. (politics)Anelectoral college.
5. (education)An academic institution.[From 1560s.]
   1. A specialized division of a university.

      Collegeof Engineering

   2. (chieflyUS)An institution ofhigher educationteaching undergraduates.

      She's still incollege

      These should be hiscollegeyears, but he joined the Army.

   3. (Ireland,Philippines)Auniversity.
   4. (Canada)Apostsecondaryinstitution that offersvocationaltraining and/orassociate's degrees.
   5. (chieflyUK)A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of auniversity,with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

      PembrokeCollege,Cambridge

      BalliolCollege,Oxford

      UniversityCollege,London

   7. (UK)An institution offurther educationat an intermediate level;sixth form.
   8. (UK)An institution foradulteducation at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
   9. (UK,Australia,New Zealand,Ireland,South Africa)Ahigh schoolorsecondaryschool.

      EtonCollege

   10. (Australia)A private (non-government)primaryorhigh school.
   11. (Australia)A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
   12. (Singapore)Agovernmenthigh school,short forjunior college.
   13. (in Chile)A bilingual school.

Synonyms

• (specialized division of a university)department,faculty,school

Hyponyms

• arts college
• community college
• electoral college
• junior college
• residential college
• senior college
• technical college
• tertiary college
• university college

Derived terms

• anticollege
• Benedict College
• Bene't College
• Buckingham College
• city technology college
• college-aged
• collegebound
• collegeboy
• College City
• College for Women
• college-goer
• collegegoer
• collegeless
• collegelike
• collegemate
• college pheasant
• colleger
• college-ruled
• College Station
• college town
• college try
• college wage premium
• collegewide
• collegey
• cow college
• Electoral College
• fresh-out-of-college
• Gloucester College
• Hertford College
• Iffley College
• intercollege
• Joe College
• King's College
• merit badge college
• middle college
• multicollege
• noncollege
• out-college
• out-of-college
• Parks College
• Peterhouse College
• postcollege
• precollege
• sixth form college
• staff college
• St Benet's College
• subcollege
• uncolleged
• University College

Related terms

• collegiate
• collegium
• old college try

Descendants

• ⇒Bengali:কলেজ(kolej)
• →Finnish:college
• ⇒ Hindustani:
  • Hindi:कालिज(kālij),कॉलेज(kŏlej),कालेज(kālej)
  • Urdu:کالِج(kālij)
• →Russian:ко́лледж(kólledž),колле́дж(kollédž)
• →Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script:ко̀леџ

  Latin script:kòledž

• →Slovene:koledž
• →Ukrainian:ко́ле́дж(kólédž)

Translations

group of colleagues

• Catalan:col·legi(ca)m
• Finnish:ammattikunta
• French:collège(fr)m
• Hungarian:testület(hu),kollégium(hu)

group sharing common purposes or goals

• Catalan:col·legi(ca)m
• Finnish:kollegio(fi)
• Polish:kolegium(pl)n
• Russian:корпора́ция(ru)f(korporácija),колле́гия(ru)f(kollégija)

politics: electoral college—seeelectoral college

academic institution

• Arabic:كُلِّيَّة(ar)f(kulliyya)

  Egyptian Arabic:كليةf(kulliyya)

• Bulgarian:коле́ж(bg)m(koléž)
• Catalan:col·legi(ca)m
• Esperanto:universitato(eo)
• Finnish:akatemia(fi),yliopisto(fi),tiedekunta(fi)
• French:université(fr)f
• Indonesian:kampus(id)
• Japanese:Đại học(ja)(だいがく, daigaku),Đại học giáo(ja)(だいがっこう, daigakkō)
• Khmer:វិទ្យាល័យ(vityiəlay)
• Malayalam:കോളേജ്(ml)(kōḷējŭ),കലാലയം(ml)(kalālayaṁ)
• Persian:دانشکده(fa)(dâneškade)
• Russian:акаде́мия(ru)f(akadémija),университе́т(ru)m(universitét),вуз(ru)m(vuz),вы́сшая шко́ла(ru)f(výsšaja škóla)
• Spanish:universidad(es)f
• Swedish:högskola(sv)c
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu:کلیہ(kulliya),دانش کدہ(dāniś kada)

institution of higher education

• Arabic:مَعْهَدm(maʕhad)
• Belarusian:кале́джm(kaljédž)
• Bulgarian:коле́ж(bg)m(koléž)
• Catalan:universitat(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại học／Đại học(zh)(dàxué)

• Esperanto:universitato(eo),altlernejo
• Finnish:korkeakoulu(fi),yliopisto(fi)
• French:université(fr)f,fac(fr)f(short forfaculté)
• German:Fachhochschule(de)f
• Greek:κολέγιο(el)n(kolégio)
• Hebrew:מִכְלָלָה(he)f(mikhlalá)
• Hindi:महाविद्यालय(hi)m(mahāvidyālay),कॉलेजm(kŏlej)
• Hungarian:egyetem(hu),főiskola(hu)
• Italian:scuola universitariaf
• Japanese:Đại học(ja)(だいがく, daigaku),Đại học giáo(ja)(だいがっこう, daigakkō)
• Korean:대학( đại học )(ko)(daehak)
• Kyrgyz:коллеж(kollej)
• Latin:collegium educationis superiorisn
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Macedonian:ви́ша шко́лаf(víša škóla)
• Malay:maktab
• Malayalam:കോളേജ്(ml)(kōḷējŭ),കലാലയം(ml)(kalālayaṁ)
• Maori:kāreti
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:دانِشْکَدِه(fa)(dâneškade)

• Polish:szkoła wyższa(pl)f
• Portuguese:IESf,instituiçãodeensino superiorf
• Russian:вуз(ru)m(vuz),институ́т(ru)m(institút),вы́сшая шко́ла(ru)f(výsšaja škóla),ко́лледж(ru)m(kólledž),колле́ж(ru)m(kolléž)(somewhat dated or French/Belgian context)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:висока школаf

  Roman:visoka školaf

• Sindhi:ڪاليج
• Spanish:escuela universitariaf
• Swedish:högskola(sv)c,fakultet(sv)c
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Ukrainian:ко́леджm(kóledž)
• Urdu:کالِجm(kālij)

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates

• Arabic:كُلِّيَّة(ar)f(kulliyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại học／Đại học(zh)(dàxué)

• Esperanto:universitato(eo),fakultato(eo)
• Finnish:korkeakoulu(fi),ammattikorkeakoulu(fi)
• Hebrew:מִכְלָלָה(he)f(mikhlalá)
• Hungarian:egyetem(hu),főiskola(hu)
• Ido:kolegio(io)
• Japanese:Đại học(ja)(だいがく, daigaku),単 khoa đại học(ja)(たんかだいがく, tanka daigaku),Học bộ(ja)(がくぶ, gakubu),Đại học giáo(ja)(だいがっこう, daigakkō)
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Macedonian:ви́ша шко́лаf(víša škóla)
• Malayalam:കോളേജ്(ml)(kōḷējŭ),കലാലയം(ml)(kalālayaṁ)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:دانِشْکَدِه(fa)(dâneškade)

• Portuguese:faculdade(pt)f
• Romanian:facultate(ro)f
• Russian:вуз(ru)m(vuz),институ́т(ru)m(institút),вы́сшая шко́ла(ru)f(výsšaja škóla),ко́лледж(ru)m(kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:виша школаf

  Roman:viša škola(sh)f

• Spanish:escuela universitariaf
• Swedish:högskola(sv)c
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu:دانِش گاہf(dāniś gāh)
• Vietnamese:trường cao đẳng

attendance at an institution of higher education

• Finnish:opiskelu(fi)
• Russian:ко́лледж(ru)m(kólledž),учи́лище(ru)n(učílišče)

postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại chuyên／Đại chuyên(zh)(dàzhuān)

• Finnish:opisto(fi),oppilaitos(fi)
• Spanish:escuela técnicaf,escuela de artes aplicadasf,escuela de ciencias aplicadasf
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university

• Arabic:مَعْهَدm(maʕhad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Học viện／Học viện(zh)(xuéyuàn)

• Finnish:korkeakoulu(fi)
• Greek:σχολή(el)f(scholí)(scholí)
• Hebrew:מִכְלָלָה(he)f(mikhlalá)
• Japanese:Học liêu(ja)(がくりょう, gakuryō)
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Macedonian:институ́тm(institút)
• Norman:collègem(Jersey)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:دانِشْکَدِه(fa)(dâneškade)

• Portuguese:setor(pt)m
• Romanian:facultate(ro)f,institut(ro)n
• Russian:институ́т(ru)m(institút)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:инстѝтӯтm

  Roman:instìtūt(sh)m

• Spanish:facultad(es)f
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu:دانِش گاہf(dāniś gāh)
• Welsh:colegm

specialized division of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chuyên khoa học giáo／Chuyên khoa học giáo(zh)(zhuānkě xuéxiào)

• Dutch:faculteit(nl)f
• Finnish:tiedekunta(fi)
• French:faculté(fr)f
• Hungarian:kar(hu),intézet(hu),fakultás(hu)
• Italian:facoltà(it)f
• Japanese:Học bộ(ja)(がくぶ, gakubu),Học khoa(ja)(がっか, gakka)
• Macedonian:факулте́т(mk)m(fakultét)
• Polish:wydział(pl)m
• Portuguese:faculdade(pt)f
• Russian:факульте́т(ru)m(fakulʹtét),отделе́ние(ru)n(otdelénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:факу̀лте̄тm

  Roman:fakùltēt(sh)m

• Spanish:facultad(es)f
• Swedish:fakultet(sv)c
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Vietnamese:khoa(vi)

in the formal names of private schools: secondary school

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tư lậpCao trung(sīlì gāozhōng)

• Finnish:opisto(fi)
• Greek:σχολή(el)f(scholí)
• Japanese:Tư lập học giáo(ja),Tư học(ja)
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Macedonian:учи́лиште(mk)n(učílište)
• Maori:kāreti
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:آموزِشْگاه(fa)(âmuzešgâh)

• Portuguese:colégio(pt)m
• Russian:те́хникум(ru)m(téxnikum),учи́лище(ru)n(učílišče)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:у̀чилӣштеn

  Roman:ùčilīšte(sh)n

• Spanish:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Turkish:kolej(tr)
• Welsh:colegm

institution of further education at an intermediate level

• Arabic:كُلِّيَّة(ar)f(kulliyya),كُلِّيَّة(ar)f(kulliyya)
• Bengali:মহাবিদ্যালয়(bn)(mohabiddaloẏ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Học viện／Học viện(zh)(xuéyuàn)

• Finnish:opisto(fi),ammattikorkeakoulu(fi)
• German:Berufsfachschule(de)f,Berufskollegn
• Greek:κολέγιο(el)n(kolégio)
• Hindi:कॉलेजm(kŏlej),कालेजm(kālej)
• Japanese:Học viên(ja)(がくえん, gakuen),Học viện(ja)
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Macedonian:учи́лиште(mk)n(učílište),акаде́мијаf(akadémija)
• Malay:kolej(ms)
• Norman:collègem(Jersey)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:آموزِشْگاه(fa)(âmuzešgâh),کالِج(fa)(kâlej)

• Portuguese:faculdade(pt)f
• Romanian:colegiu(ro)n,școală secundarăf
• Russian:те́хникум(ru)m(téxnikum),учи́лище(ru)n(učílišče),ко́лледж(ru)m(kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman:ко̀леџm,велеучилиштеn,виша школаf

  Roman:kòledž(sh)m,veleučilišten,viša škola(sh)f

• Slovak:vysoká školaf
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu:کالِجm(kālij)
• Welsh:colegm

high school or secondary school—see alsohigh school,‎secondary school

• Finnish:toisenasteenoppilaitos
• Spanish:colegio(es)m
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại học／Đại học(zh)(dàxué)

• Finnish:opisto(fi),oppilaitos(fi),aikuisoppilaitos
• German:Berufskollegn,Fachschule(de)f
• Japanese:Đại học(ja)(だいがく, daigaku)
• Lithuanian:koledžasm
• Norman:collègem(Jersey)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:آموزِشْگاه(fa)(âmuzešgâh)

• Portuguese:faculdade(pt)f
• Romanian:colegiu(ro)n
• Russian:ПТУ(ru)n(PTU),ко́лледж(ru)m(kólledž)
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:วิทยาลัย(th)(wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Welsh:colegm

residential hall of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Giáo xá(zh)(xiàoshè)

• Finnish:asuntola(fi)
• Japanese:Liêu(ja)(りょう, ryō),Học sinh liêu(Học sinh liêu がくせいりょう, gakuseiryō)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian:دانِشْکَدِه(fa)(dâneškade)

• Russian:общежи́тие(ru)n(obščežítije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua:^{(pleaseverify)}collegio
• Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}coláistem
• Lithuanian:^{(pleaseverify)}kolegijaf,^{(pleaseverify)}koledžasm
• Slovak:^{(pleaseverify)}vysoká školaf

See also

• university

Anagrams

• geocell

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchcollege,fromMiddle Frenchcollege,fromLatincollēgium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:col‧le‧ge
• Rhymes:-eːʒə

Noun

collegen(pluralcolleges,diminutivecollegetjen)

1. acollegialboard, either advisory (committee) or as anauthority

   Hetcollegevan burgemeester en wethouders neemt belangrijke beslissingen voor de gemeente.

   Thecollegial boardof mayor and aldermen makes important decisions for the municipality.

   Hetcollegevan advies bestaat uit deskundigen op het gebied van duurzaamheid.

   The advisorycommitteeconsists of experts in the field of sustainability.

2. asecondary school,ahigh school,(nowBelgium)especially inRoman Catholiceducation

   Na de basisschool ging hij naar hetcollegeom verder te studeren.

   After elementary school, he went to thehigh schoolto continue his studies.

   In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak eencollegegenoemd.

   In Flanders, a high school is often called acollege.

3. an academiclecture,class

   Hetcollegebegint om 9 uur en duurt twee uur.

   Thelecturestarts at 9 o'clock and lasts two hours.

   De docent gaf een boeiendcollegeover de geschiedenis van de kunst.

   The lecturer gave an engaginglectureon the history of art.

Derived terms

• college van bestuur
• college van burgemeester en wethouders
• collegejaar
• collegezaal
• gastcollege
• hoorcollege

Related terms

• collega

Descendants

• →Indonesian:kolese

Finnish

Etymology

FromEnglishcollege.The "sweatshirt" sense is apseudo-anglicismand is probably due to the prevalence of college related text on such sweatshirts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkolids(i)/,[ˈko̞lids̠(i)](especially in the sweatshirt sense)
• IPA^(key):/ˈkolidʒ(i)/,[ˈko̞lidʒ(i)]

Noun

college

1. sweatshirt(especially one with text referring to a certain college)
2. college(an institution of higher education)

Declension

This table shows the spoken declension with IPA symbols, which falls nicely intoristi-class.

Inflectionofcollege(irregular) singular plural nominative /ˈko̞lidsi/ or /ˈko̞lids/ /ˈko̞lidsit̪/ genitive /ˈko̞lidsin/ /ˈko̞lidsie̞n/ partitive /ˈko̞lidsiɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞jɑ/ accusative /ˈko̞lidsi/ or /ˈko̞lids/ /ˈko̞lidsin/ /ˈko̞lidsit̪/ inessive /ˈko̞lidsisːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞isːɑ/ elative /ˈko̞lidsistɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞istɑ/ illative /ˈko̞lidsiːn/ /ˈko̞lidse̞iɦin/ adessive /ˈko̞lidsilːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilːɑ/ ablative /ˈko̞lidsiltɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilt̪ɑ/ allative /ˈko̞lidsilːe̞/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilːe̞/ essive /ˈko̞lidsinɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞inɑ/ translative /ˈko̞lidsiksi/ /ˈko̞lidse̞iksi/ abessive /ˈko̞lidsit̪ːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞it̪ːɑ/ instructive – /ˈko̞lidse̞in/ comitative – /ˈko̞lidse̞ine̞ːn/

Written declension is more complicated due to the difficulty of combining "college" withristi-type endings. Therefore, it might be advisable to avoid inflecting this word in writing by using synonyms, when available. If one has to, one option is to write as if the pronunciation wereFennicize / Finnicizedto /ˈko̞lːe̞ge̞/, in which case the word would fall intonalle-category with the exception thatcollegeidenseems to be more commonly used as genitive plural thancollegejenandcollegeinis not used as genitive plural:

Inflectionofcollege(Kotustype 8/nalle,no gradation)
nominative		college	colleget
genitive		collegen	collegejen
partitive		collegea	collegeja
illative		collegeen	collegeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		college	colleget
accusative	nom.	college	colleget
	gen.	collegen
genitive		collegen	collegejen collegeinrare
partitive		collegea	collegeja
inessive		collegessa	collegeissa
elative		collegesta	collegeista
illative		collegeen	collegeihin
adessive		collegella	collegeilla
ablative		collegelta	collegeilta
allative		collegelle	collegeille
essive		collegena	collegeina
translative		collegeksi	collegeiksi
abessive		collegetta	collegeitta
instructive		—	collegein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive formsofcollege(Kotustype 8/nalle,no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative collegeni collegeni accusative nom. collegeni collegeni gen. collegeni genitive collegeni collegejeni collegeinirare partitive collegeani collegejani inessive collegessani collegeissani elative collegestani collegeistani illative collegeeni collegeihini adessive collegellani collegeillani ablative collegeltani collegeiltani allative collegelleni collegeilleni essive collegenani collegeinani translative collegekseni collegeikseni abessive collegettani collegeittani instructive — — comitative — collegeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative collegesi collegesi accusative nom. collegesi collegesi gen. collegesi genitive collegesi collegejesi collegeisirare partitive collegeasi collegejasi inessive collegessasi collegeissasi elative collegestasi collegeistasi illative collegeesi collegeihisi adessive collegellasi collegeillasi ablative collegeltasi collegeiltasi allative collegellesi collegeillesi essive collegenasi collegeinasi translative collegeksesi collegeiksesi abessive collegettasi collegeittasi instructive — — comitative — collegeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative collegemme collegemme accusative nom. collegemme collegemme gen. collegemme genitive collegemme collegejemme collegeimmerare partitive collegeamme collegejamme inessive collegessamme collegeissamme elative collegestamme collegeistamme illative collegeemme collegeihimme adessive collegellamme collegeillamme ablative collegeltamme collegeiltamme allative collegellemme collegeillemme essive collegenamme collegeinamme translative collegeksemme collegeiksemme abessive collegettamme collegeittamme instructive — — comitative — collegeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative collegenne collegenne accusative nom. collegenne collegenne gen. collegenne genitive collegenne collegejenne collegeinnerare partitive collegeanne collegejanne inessive collegessanne collegeissanne elative collegestanne collegeistanne illative collegeenne collegeihinne adessive collegellanne collegeillanne ablative collegeltanne collegeiltanne allative collegellenne collegeillenne essive collegenanne collegeinanne translative collegeksenne collegeiksenne abessive collegettanne collegeittanne instructive — — comitative — collegeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative collegensa collegensa accusative nom. collegensa collegensa gen. collegensa genitive collegensa collegejensa collegeinsarare partitive collegeaan collegeansa collegejaan collegejansa inessive collegessaan collegessansa collegeissaan collegeissansa elative collegestaan collegestansa collegeistaan collegeistansa illative collegeensa collegeihinsa adessive collegellaan collegellansa collegeillaan collegeillansa ablative collegeltaan collegeltansa collegeiltaan collegeiltansa allative collegelleen collegellensa collegeilleen collegeillensa essive collegenaan collegenansa collegeinaan collegeinansa translative collegekseen collegeksensa collegeikseen collegeiksensa abessive collegettaan collegettansa collegeittaan collegeittansa instructive — — comitative — collegeineen collegeinensa

Synonyms

• (sweatshirt):collegepusero

Derived terms

compounds

• collegehousut
• collegepusero

Further reading

• “college”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja[Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-02

Middle English

Alternative forms

• colage,colege,colegg,colegie,collage

Etymology

BorrowedfromMiddle Frenchcollege,fromOld Frenchcollege,fromLatincollēgium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔˈlɛːd͡ʒ(ə)/,/kɔˈlaːd͡ʒ(ə)/,/ˈkɔlɛd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

college(pluralcollegis)

1. Agroupofclergymen(usually dependent on public funds).
2. A group ofteachersandstudents;auniversityor part of one.
3. A group ofcolleagues;ateamororganisation.

Related terms

• collegial
• collegian
• collegiate

Descendants

• English:college(see there for further descendants)
• Scots:college

References

• “collē̆ǧe,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-12-12.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• colege,collège,colliege

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchcollege,fromLatincollēgium.

Noun

collegem(pluralcolleges)

1. Aninstitutionororganization(an organised establishment of people):
   1. Amonasteryorconvent;amonasticinstitution.
   2. Acollege(semi-autonomousuniversityinstitution)

Descendants

• French:collège
  • →Turkish:kolej
• →Middle English:college,colage,colege,colegg,colegie,collage
  • English:college(see there for further descendants)
  • Scots:college
• →Dutch:college
  • →Indonesian:kolese

Old French

Alternative forms

• colege,colliege

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatincollēgium.

Noun

collegeoblique singular,m(oblique pluralcolleges,nominative singularcolleges,nominative pluralcollege)

1. institution;organization(an organised establishment of people)

   collegedes Cardinaux―College of Cardinals

Descendants

• Middle French:college,colege,collège,colliege
  • French:collège
    • →Turkish:kolej
  • →Middle English:college,colage,colege,colegg,colegie,collage
    • English:college(see there for further descendants)
    • Scots:college
  • →Dutch:college
    • →Indonesian:kolese
• Norman:collège
• →Middle Irish:coláisde
  • Irish:coláiste

References

• “COLLEGEm.”,inDEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français,Heidelberg:Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften,1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg(1928–2002) “collegium”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch,volume2: C Q K,page896

Polish

Alternative forms

• koledż

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishcollege.Doubletofkolegium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.lɛt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔlɛt͡ʂ
• Syllabification:co‧llege

Noun

collegeminan

1. (education)college(specialized division of a university)
2. (education)college(institution of higher education teaching undergraduates)

Declension

Declension ofcollege

	singular	plural
nominative	college	college'e
genitive	college'u	college'ów
dative	college'owi	college'om
accusative	college	college'e
instrumental	college'em	college'ami
locative	college'u	college'ach
vocative	college'u	college'e

Further reading

• collegeinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• collegein Polish dictionaries at PWN