אַקאַדעמיע

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin acadēmīa. Compare German Akademie, Russian акаде́мия (akadémija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈdɛm(ɪ)jə/

Noun

אַקאַדעמיע • (akademye) f, plural אַקאַדעמיעס (akademyes)

1. academy
2. upper school
3. conservatory

   Synonym: מוזיק־אַקאַדעמיע (muzik-akademye)

4. commemorative gathering

   Synonym: אָנדענק־אַקאַדעמיע (ondenk-akademye)

5. solemn assembly

Derived terms

• אַקאַדעמיע פֿאַר וויסנשאַפֿט (akademye far visnshaft, “Academy of Sciences”)
• באַרג־אַקאַדעמיע (barg-akademye, “mining academy”)
• קאָמאַקאַדעמיע (komakademye, “academy of the Communist party”)
• טאַנץ־אַקאַדעמיע (tants-akademye, “dance academy”)
• טרויער־אַקאַדעמיע (troyer-akademye, “memorial meeting”)
• מיליטערישע־אַקאַדעמיע (militerishe-akademye, “military academy”)
• שנײַדער־אַקאַדעמיע (shnayder-akademye, “tailor's vocational school”)

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “אַקאַדעמיע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אַקאַדעמיע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].