κολέγιο

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from English college, from Latin collēgium, with -ιο ending (as in ancient -ιον (-ion) and Latin -ium).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈle.ʝi.o/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧λέ‧γι‧ο

Noun

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κολέγιο (kolégion (plural κολέγια)

  1. (education) college
  2. (ironic) holiday camp (place where insufficient discipline and strictness prevail)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ κολέγιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language