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kollegium

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See also: kollégium and Kollegium

Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kollegium n

  1. dormitory (housing complex where students live for rent, consisting of single rooms, shared facilities and possibly smaller apartments)
  2. collegium (circle of persons who exercise a common power or who have a professional community)

Usage notes

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The fact that the -ium ending is dropped in inflections has given rise to the (sometimes proscribed) spelling kollegie. Similar words affected by this process are gymnasium, ambolatorium.

Declension

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Declension of kollegium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kollegium kollegiet kollegier kollegierne
genitive kollegiums kollegiets kollegiers kollegiernes

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kollegium n (plural kollegi)

  1. a meeting of colleagues; teaching staff or faculty at a school; doctors at a hospital

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin collegium. Doublet of kollega and kollegialitet.

Noun

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kollegium n

  1. a meeting of colleagues; teaching staff or faculty at a school; doctors at a hospital
    Jag vill här tacka hela kollegiet för stödet jag fått.
    I want to take this opportunity to thank all staff for the support they have provided.
  2. a board or committee (as instituted in Sweden in 1634)

Declension

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Declension of kollegium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kollegium kollegiums
definite kollegiet kollegiets
plural indefinite kollegier kollegiers
definite kollegierna kollegiernas

Derived terms

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