college

See also: College and collège

English

Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

Alternative forms

• colledg, colledge (obsolete)

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

Latin collēga

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Italic *-jōs

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

• (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 (plural colleges)

1. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
2. (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.

3. (politics) An electoral college.
5. (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

   7. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
   8. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
   9. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.

      Eton College

   10. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
   11. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
   12. (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior 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 — see electoral college

academic institution

• Arabic: كُلِّيَّة (ar) f (kulliyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: كلية f (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
• German: Hochschule (de) f
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio), πανεπιστήμιο (el) n (panepistímio)
• Indonesian: kampus (id)
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 大学校 (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: مَعْهَد m (maʕhad)
• Belarusian: кале́дж m (kaljédž)
• Bulgarian: коле́ж (bg) m (koléž)
• Catalan: universitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學／大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Esperanto: universitato (eo), altlernejo
• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), yliopisto (fi)
• French: université (fr) f, fac (fr) f (short for faculté)
• German: Fachhochschule (de) f
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio), πανεπιστήμιο (el) n (panepistímio)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Hindi: महाविद्यालय (hi) m (mahāvidyālay), कॉलेज m (kŏlej)
• Hungarian: egyetem (hu), főiskola (hu)
• Italian: scuola universitaria f
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 大学校 (ja) (だいがっこう, daigakkō)
• Korean: 대학(大學) (ko) (daehak)
• Kyrgyz: коллеж (kollej)
• Latin: collegium educationis superioris n
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (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: IES f, instituição de ensino superior f
• 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 школа f

  Roman: visoka škola f

• Sindhi: ڪاليج
• Spanish: escuela universitaria f
• Swedish: högskola (sv) c, fakultet (sv) c
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Ukrainian: ко́ледж m (kóledž)
• Urdu: کالِج m (kālij)

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates

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

  Mandarin: 大學／大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Esperanto: universitato (eo), fakultato (eo)
• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• Greek: πανεπιστήμιο (el) n (panepistímio)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Hungarian: egyetem (hu), főiskola (hu)
• Ido: kolegio (io)
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 単科大学 (ja) (たんかだいがく, tanka daigaku), 学部 (ja) (がくぶ, gakubu), 大学校 (ja) (だいがっこう, daigakkō)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (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 школа f

  Roman: viša škola (sh) f

• Spanish: escuela universitaria f
• Swedish: högskola (sv) c
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu: دانِش گاہ f (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: 大專／大专 (zh) (dàzhuān)

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

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university

• Arabic: مَعْهَد m (maʕhad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學院／学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Japanese: 学寮 (ja) (がくりょう, gakuryō)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: институ́т m (institút)
• Norman: collège m (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: инстѝтӯт m

  Roman: instìtūt (sh) m

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

specialized division of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專科學校／专科学校 (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: 学部 (ja) (がくぶ, gakubu), 学科 (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: факу̀лте̄т m

  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: 私立高中 (sīlì gāozhōng)

• Finnish: opisto (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí)
• Japanese: 私立学校 (ja), 私学 (ja)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• 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: у̀чилӣште n

  Roman: ùčilīšte (sh) n

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

institution of further education at an intermediate level

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

  Mandarin: 學院／学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: opisto (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• German: Berufsfachschule (de) f, Berufskolleg n
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio)
• Hindi: कॉलेज m (kŏlej), कालेज m (kālej)
• Japanese: 学園 (ja) (がくえん, gakuen), 学院 (ja)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: учи́лиште (mk) n (učílište), акаде́мија f (akadémija)
• Malay: kolej (ms)
• Norman: collège m (Jersey)
• Persian:

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

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

  Roman: ко̀леџ m, велеучилиште n, виша школа f

  Roman: kòledž (sh) m, veleučilište n, viša škola (sh) f

• Slovak: vysoká škola f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Urdu: کالِج m (kālij)
• Welsh: coleg m

high school or secondary school — see also high school,‎ secondary school

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

institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學／大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Finnish: opisto (fi), oppilaitos (fi), aikuisoppilaitos
• German: Berufskolleg n, Fachschule (de) f
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Norman: collège m (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: coleg m

residential hall of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校舍 (zh) (xiàoshè)

• Finnish: asuntola (fi)
• Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 学生寮 (学生寮 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 at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} collegio
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} coláiste m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} kolegija f, ^{(please verify)} koledžas m
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} vysoká škola f

See also

• university

Anagrams

• geocell

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/

• Audio:

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• 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.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• collega

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolese

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.

Inflection of college (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" 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:

Inflection of college (Kotus type 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 collegein rare
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 forms of college (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative collegeni collegeni accusative nom. collegeni collegeni gen. collegeni genitive collegeni collegejeni collegeini rare 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 collegeisi rare 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 collegeimme rare 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 collegeinne rare 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 collegeinsa rare 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”, in Kielitoimiston 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–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Middle English

Alternative forms

• colage, colege, colegg, colegie, collage

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.

Related terms

• collegial
• collegian
• collegiate

Descendants

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

References

• “collē̆ǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• colege, collège, colliege

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)

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

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

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

• “COLLEGE m.”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “collegium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 896

Polish

Alternative forms

• koledż

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English college. Doublet of kolegium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɛt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

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• 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

Declension of college

	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

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