academia

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See also: acadèmia

English

Etymology

New Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attica hero Akademos. Doublet of academy and Akademeia; see also academe. Modern sense of “the world of universities and scholarship” recorded from 1956.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːmiə, -iːmjə, -ɛmjə

Noun

academia (uncountable)

  1. (collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]
    • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      Since the launch early last year of  […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
    Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
  2. Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
    Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.

Translations

Further reading

References

  1. ^ “academia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ Lindberg, Christine A., ed. The Oxford College Dictionary. 2nd. New York: Spark Publishing, 2007.
  3. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

Ladin

Noun

academia f (plural academies)

  1. academy

Latin

 academia on Latin Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Pronunciation

Noun

acadēmīa f (genitive acadēmīae); first declension

  1. academy, academe

Usage notes

  • Capitalised, the Platonic Academy.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acadēmīa acadēmīae
Genitive acadēmīae acadēmīārum
Dative acadēmīae acadēmīīs
Accusative acadēmīam acadēmīās
Ablative acadēmīā acadēmīīs
Vocative acadēmīa acadēmīae

Descendants

References

  • “academia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “academia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • academia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “academia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧ca‧de‧mi‧a

Noun

academia f (plural academias)

  1. academy
  2. (Brazil) gym

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

 academia on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akaˈdemja/ [a.kaˈð̞e.mja]

Noun

academia f (plural academias)

  1. academy

Derived terms

Further reading

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