college

See also collège

English

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Etymology

From Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑlɪdʒ/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ

Noun

college (plural colleges)

1. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.
2. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
3. (UK, in the names of private schools) A secondary school.

   Eton College

4. (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

5. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.
6. (US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
7. (US, New Zealand) A specialized division of a university.

   College of Engineering

8. (New Zealand) A high school or secondary school.
9. (loosely) Any institution of higher education.
10. Attendance at an institution of higher education.

    He's in college.

    These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

Derived terms

Terms derived from college

community college electoral college

junior college old college try

Related terms

• collegiate

Translations

institution of [further education] at an intermediate level

• Arabic: كلية (kullíyya) f, كلية (ar) (kullíyya) f
• Bengali: মহাবিদ্যালয় (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學院 (cmn), 学院 (cmn) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: lukio (fi)
• German: Berufsfachschule f, Berufskolleg n
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) (kolégio) n (kolégio)
• Hindi: कॉलेज (hi) (kolej) m, कालेज (hi) (kālej) m
• Japanese: 学園 (ja) (がくえん, gakuen)
• Jèrriais: collège m

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: училиште (mk) (učílište) n, академија (mk) (akadémija) f
• Malay: kolej (ms)
• Persian: آموزشگاه (fa) (amuzeshgah)
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n, școală secundară (ro) f
• Russian: техникум (ru) (téxnikum) m, училище (ru) (učílišče) n, колледж (ru) (kólledž) m
• Serbo-Croatian: koledž (sh), veleučilište (sh), viša škola (sh)
• Slovak: vysoká škola (sk)
• Welsh: coleg (cy) m

institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (cmn), 大学 (cmn) (dàxué)

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

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Persian: آموزشگاه (amuzeshgah)
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n
• Russian: ПТУ (ru) (pe-te-ú) n, колледж (ru) (kólledž) m
• Welsh: coleg (cy) m

(Used mainly in the formal names of private schools) A secondary school

• Chinese: trad. 私立高中, simpl. 私立高中 (sīlì gāozhōng)
• Greek: σχολή (el) (scholí) f (scholí)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: училиште (mk) (učílište) n
• Persian: آموزشگاه (amuzeshgah)

• Russian: техникум (téxnikum) m, училище (učílišče) n
• Serbo-Croatian: učilište (sh) n
• Turkish: kolej (tr)
• Welsh: coleg (cy) m

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc

• Arabic: معهد (ar) (má3had) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學院 (cmn), 学院 (cmn) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: yliopiston osa
• Greek: σχολή (el) (scholí) f (scholí)
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) (mikhlalá) f
• Japanese: 学寮 (ja) (がくりょう, gakuryō)
• Jèrriais: collège m

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: институт (mk) (institút) m
• Persian: دانشكده (daneshkadeh)
• Romanian: facultate (ro) f, institut (ro) n
• Russian: институт (ru) (institút) m
• Serbo-Croatian: institut (sh) m
• Welsh: coleg (cy) m

residential hall of a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校舍 (cmn) (xiàoshè)

• Finnish: yliopisto (fi), korkeakoulu (fi)

• Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō)
• Persian: دانشكده (daneshkadeh)
• Russian: общежитие (ru) (obščežítije) n

institution of higher education

• Arabic: معهد (ar) (má3had) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (cmn), 大学 (cmn) (dàxué)

• German: Fachhochschule (de) f
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) (kolégio) n (kolégio)
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) (mikhlalá) f
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku)

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: виша школа (mk) (víša škóla) f
• Persian: دانشكده (daneshkadeh)
• Portuguese: IES f, instituição de ensino superior f
• Russian: вуз (ru) (vuz) m, институт (ru) (institút) m, высшая школа (ru) (výsšaja škóla) f
• Serbo-Croatian: visoka škola (sh) f

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates and/or graduates

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (cmn), 大学 (cmn) (dàxué)

• Finnish: yliopiston osa
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) (mikhlalá) f
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 単科大学 (ja) (たんかだいがく, tanka daigaku)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m

• Macedonian: виша школа (mk) (víša škóla) f
• Persian: دانشكده (daneshkadeh)
• Romanian: facultate f
• Russian: вуз (ru) (vuz) m, институт (ru) (institút) m, высшая школа (ru) (výsšaja škóla) f
• Serbo-Croatian: viša škola (sh) f

specialized division of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專科學校 (cmn), 专科学校 (cmn) (zhuānkě xuéxiào)

• Dutch: faculteit (nl) f
• Japanese: 学部 (ja) (がくぶ, gakubu)
• Macedonian: факултет (mk) (fakulitét) m
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f

• Russian: факультет (ru) (fakul’tét) m, отделение (ru) (otdelénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: факу̀лте̄т (sh) m

  Roman: fakùltēt (sh) m

• Spanish: facultad (es) f

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• Interlingua: collegio
• Irish: coláiste (ga) m

• Lithuanian: kolegija f, koledžas m
• Slovak: vysoká škola f

See also

• university

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Noun

college c (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje)

1. lecture, class

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Old French

Etymology

Latin collegium.

Noun

college m (oblique plural colleges, nominative singular colleges, nominative plural college)

1. institution; organization (establishment of people with similar aims/goals)

   college des Cardinaux

Descendants

• English: college
• French: collège