institution

See also Institution

English

Etymology

From Old French institution, from Latin institutio, from instituere (“to set up”), from in (“in, on”) + statuere (“to set up, establish”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən/, SAMPA: /%InstI"tju:S@n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃən/, SAMPA: /%InstI"tu:S@n/

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Noun

Wikipedia institution (plural institutions)

1. An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc.
2. The building which houses such an organisation.
3. A custom or practice of a society or community - marriage for example.
4. (informal) A person long established with a certain place or position.
5. The act of instituting.
6. (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook or system of elements or rules.

   There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, […] being an institution of physic. — Evelyn.

Derived terms

• academic institution
• educational institution
• research institution

Related terms

• institute
• institutional
• institutionalism
• institutionalist

Translations

established organisation

Czech: instituce (cs) f. Dutch: instelling (nl) Esperanto: institucio (eo) Finnish: instituutio (fi), laitos (fi) French: institution (fr) German: Institution (de) f. Greek: ίδρυμα (el) (ídryma) n.

Icelandic: stofnun (is) f. Kurdish: ده‌زگا Romanian: instituție (ro) f. Serbian: институција (sr) (institucija) f. Spanish: institución (es) f. Swahili: taasisi (sw), chuo (sw)

custom or practice of a society or community

Czech: instituce (cs) f. Finnish: instituutio (fi)

German: Institution (de) f. Greek: θεσμός (el) (thesmós) m.

person long established with a certain place or position

German: Institution (de) f.

Greek: μορφή (el) (morfí) f., προσωπικότητα (el) (prosopikótita) f.

External links

• institution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• institution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• institution at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

From Latin institutionem (accusative of institutio).

Noun

institution f. (plural institutions)

1. institution

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Swedish

Noun

institution c.

1. an institution (an established organization)
2. an institution (a habit)
3. an institution (a person)
4. a department (at a university)

   datavetenskapliga institutionen

   department of computer science

   institutionen för fysik

   department of physics

Declension

Declension of institution

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	institution	institutionen	institutioner	institutionerna
genitive	institutions	institutionens	institutioners	institutionernas

Related terms

• instituera
• institut
• institutionalisera
• institutionell
• kulturinstitution