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See also: College and collège

English

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
    Proto-Italic *kom
    Old Latin com
    Latin cum
    Latin con-
    Latin lēx
    Latin -ō
    Latin lēgō
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Italic *-ā
    Latin -a
    Latin collēga
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Old Latin -ios
    Latin -ius
    Latin -ium
    Latin collēgiumbor.
    Old French college
    Middle French collegebor.
    Middle English college
    English college

    From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    college (plural colleges)

    2. (education) An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
      1. A specialized division of a university.
        College of Engineering
      2. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
        She's still in college
        These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
      3. (Ireland, Philippines) A university.
      4. (Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
      5. (chiefly UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
        Pembroke College, Cambridge
        Balliol College, Oxford
        University College, London
      6. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
      7. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
      8. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
        Eton College
      9. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
      10. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
      11. (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
      12. (in Chile) A bilingual school.
    3. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
      College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
      • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232:
        The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.
    4. (politics) An electoral college.
    5. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

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    Dutch

    Etymology

    From Middle Dutch college, from Middle French college, from Latin collēgium.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: col‧le‧ge
    • Rhymes: -eːʒə

    Noun

    college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

    1. a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority
      Het college van burgemeester en wethouders neemt belangrijke beslissingen voor de gemeente.
      The collegial board of mayor and aldermen makes important decisions for the municipality.
      Het college van advies bestaat uit deskundigen op het gebied van duurzaamheid.
      The advisory committee consists of experts in the field of sustainability.
    2. a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education
      Na de basisschool ging hij naar het college om verder te studeren.
      After elementary school, he went to the high school to continue his studies.
      In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak een college genoemd.
      In Flanders, a high school is often called a college.
    3. an academic lecture, class
      Het college begint om 9 uur en duurt twee uur.
      The lecture starts at 9 o'clock and lasts two hours.
      De docent gaf een boeiend college over de geschiedenis van de kunst.
      The lecturer gave an engaging lecture on the history of art.

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    Finnish

    Etymology

    From English college. The "sweatshirt" sense is a pseudo-anglicism and 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)]
    • Rhymes: -olids(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 into risti -class.

    More information singular, plural ...

    Written declension is more complicated due to the difficulty of combining "college" with risti-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 were Fennicize / Finnicized to /ˈko̞lːe̞ge̞/, in which case the word would fall into nalle-category with the exception that collegeiden seems to be more commonly used as genitive plural than collegejen and collegein is not used as genitive plural:

    More information nominative, genitive ...
    More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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    Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      college (plural collegis)

      1. A group of clergymen (usually dependent on public funds).
      2. A group of teachers and students; a university or part of one.
      3. A group of colleagues; a team or organisation.

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      Middle French

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Inherited from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

        Noun

        college m (plural colleges)

        1. An institution or organization (an organised establishment of people):
          1. A monastery or convent; a monastic institution.
          2. A college (semi-autonomous university institution)

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        Old French

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

          Noun

          college oblique singular, m (oblique plural colleges, nominative singular colleges, nominative plural college)

          1. institution; organization (an organised establishment of people)
            college des Cardinaux ― College of Cardinals

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          Polish

          Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia pl

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          Etymology

            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
            Proto-Italic *kom
            Old Latin com
            Latin cum
            Latin con-
            Latin lēx
            Latin -ō
            Latin lēgō
            Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
            Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
            Proto-Italic *-ā
            Latin -a
            Latin collēga
            Proto-Indo-European *-yós
            Old Latin -ios
            Latin -ius
            Latin -ium
            Latin collēgiumbor.
            Old French college
            Middle French collegebor.
            Middle English college
            English collegebor.
            Polish college

            Unadapted borrowing from English college. Doublet of kolegium.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lɛt͡ʂ/
            • Audio:(file)
            • Rhymes: -ɔlɛt͡ʂ
            • Syllabification: co‧llege

            Noun

            college m inan

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

            Declension

            More information singular, plural ...
            Declension of college

            Further reading

            • college in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • college in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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