kolehiyo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
• IPA^(key): /koleˈhijo/ [ko.l̪eˈhi.jo]

Noun

koléhiyo

1. college

   Synonym: unibersidad

See also

• elementariya
• eskuwela
• eskuwelahan

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya. The sense "college" is a semantic loan from English college, introduced during the American colonial era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koleˈhijo/ [ko.l̪eˈhi.o]
• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo

Noun

kolehiyo

1. (obsolete or historical) school, especially an elementary school, during the Spanish colonial era
2. college

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kolehiyo.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kolegio, kolehio — dated
• kolehyo — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium. The sense “college” is a semantic loan from English college.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koˈlehio/ [koˈlɛː.hjo]
• Rhymes: -ehio
• Syllabification: ko‧le‧hi‧yo

Noun

koléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

1. college

   Synonym: dalubhasaan

2. (by extension) university

   Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad

3. (obsolete) secondary school

   Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul

Related terms

• kolehiyado
• kolehiyal
• kolehiyala

 

Further reading

• “kolehiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018