akademia

See also: akadémia, akademía, and akademią

Esperanto

Etymology

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Esperanto akademio

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto akademia

From akademio (“academy”) + -a (adjectival ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akadeˈmia/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧ka‧de‧mi‧a

Adjective

akademia (accusative singular akademian, plural akademiaj, accusative plural akademiajn)

1. academic

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	اكادەميا
Cyrillic	академия
Latin	akademia

Noun

akademia

1. Latin spelling of академия (akademıya, “academy”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• akademiene

Noun

akademia n

1. definite plural of akademi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

akademia n

1. definite plural of akademi

Polish

Alternative forms

• akademija (Middle Polish)

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der.

Latin acadēmīalbor.

Polish akademia

Learned borrowing from Latin acadēmīa. First attested in 1535.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaˈdɛ.mja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: a‧ka‧de‧mia

Noun

akademia f (related adjective akademijny or akademiowy)

1. academy (institution or building for the study of higher learning) [from the 16th century]

   Hypernym: uczelnia

2. academia (group of people collectively learning at an academy)

   Hypernym: uczelnia

3. academia (studies at an academy)

   Hypernym: studia

4. academy (society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science)
5. function, ceremony (organized celebration for some holiday)

   Synonym: (obsolete) akademika

   Hypernym: uroczystość

   uroczysta akademia ― a ceremonial function

   rocznicowa akademia ― an anniversery ceremony

   okolicznościowa akademia ― a commemorative function

   akademia poświęcona czemuś ― a function dedicated to something

6. (classical studies) academy (garden where Plato taught) [from the 16th century]

   akademia platońska ― Plato's academy

7. (classical studies) academy (Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers) [from the 16th century]

Declension

Declension of akademia

	singular	plural
nominative	akademia	akademie
genitive	akademii	akademii/akademij (archaic)
dative	akademii	akademiom
accusative	akademię	akademie
instrumental	akademią	akademiami
locative	akademii	akademiach
vocative	akademio	akademie

Related terms

adjectives

• akademicki
• akademiczny

adverb

• akademicko

nouns

• akademickość
• akademiczka
• akademiczność
• akademik
• akademika
• akademista
• akademizacja
• akademizm

verbs

• akademizować impf, zakademizować pf

Collocations

Collocations

• na czele akademii ― at the haed of an academy
• w czasie akademii ― during academy
• z ramienia akademii ― on behalf of an academy
• w przypadku akademii ― in the case of academy
• na rzecz akademii ― in aid of an academy
• królewska akademia ― a royal academy
• okulistyczna akademia ― an ophthalmologic academy
• chirurgiczna akademia ― a surgical academy
• chrześcijańska akademia ― a Christian academy
• letnia akademia ― a summer academy
• psychiatryczna akademia ― a psychiatric academy
• tamtejsza akademia ― a local academy
• słynna akademia ― a famous academy
• elitarna akademia ― an elite academy
• sądowa akademia ― a judicial academy
• kliniczna akademia ― a clinical academy
• lekarska akademia ― a doctor’s academy
• naukowa akademia ― a scientific academy
• psychologiczna akademia ― a psychological academy
• szkolna akademia ― a school academy
• prestiżowa akademia ― a prestigous academy
• dziecięca akademia ― a children’s academy
• młodzieżowa akademia ― a youth’s academy
• wielka akademia ― a large academy
• mała akademia ― a small academy
• piękna akademia ― a beautiful academy
• artystyczna akademia ― an artistic academy
• oficjalna akademia ― an official academy
• narodowa akademia ― a national academy
• publiczna akademia ― a public academy
• honorowa akademia ― an honorary/honorable academy
• państwowa akademia ― a state academy
• akademia medyczna ― a medical academy
• akademia rolnicza ― a farming academy
• akademia muzyczna ― a musical academy
• akademia ekonomiczna ― an economic academy
• akademia teologiczna ― a theological academy
• akademia polonijna ― a Polonia academy
• akademia pedagogiczna ― a pedigogical academy
• akademia filmowa ― a film academy
• akademia wojskowa ― a military academy
• akademia fonograficzna ― a phonographic academy
• akademia techniczna ― a technical academy
• akademia teatralna ― a theatrical academy
• akademia dyplomatyczna ― a diplomatic academy
• akademia górnicza ― a mining academy
• akademia policyjna ― a police academy
• akademia humanistyczna ― a humanities academy
• akademia tenisowa ― a tenis academy
• akademia rycerska ― a knight's academy
• akademia morska ― a naval academy
• akademia handlowa ― a tradeacademy
• akademia duchowna ― a clerical/minister's academy
• akademia lotnicza ― a flying academy
• akademia polityczna ― a political academy
• akademia prawa ― an academy of law
• absolwent/absolwentka akademii ― an academy graduate
• rektor akademii ― the rector of an academy
• rektorat akademii ― the rectorate of an academy
• student/studentka akademii ― an academy student
• profesor akademii ― an academy professor
• wydział akademii ― a branch of an academy
• aula akademii ― an academy auditorium/hall
• wykładowca akademii ― an academy instructor
• komendant akademii ― an academy commandant
• gmach akademii ― an academy edifice
• członek akademii ― a member of academy
• prorektor akademii ― the prorector of an academy
• wydawnictwo akademii ― an academy's publisher
• nazwa akademii ― the name of an academy
• kanclerz akademii ― the chancellor of an academy
• adiunkt akademii ― the assistant professor of an academy
• werdykt akademii ― an academy's verdict
• dyplom akademii ― a diploma from an academy
• korespondent akademii ― an academy correspondent
• utworzenie akademii ― the establishment/formation of an academy
• odnowienie akademii ― the refurbishment of an academy
• biblioteka akademii ― an academy's library
• słuchacz akademii ― an academy's listener
• senat akademii ― the senate of an academy
• założyciel akademii ― the founder of an academy
• rozprawa akademii ― an academy dissertation
• obiekt akademii ― the premises of an academy
• wychowanek akademii ― an academy alumnus
• przekształcenie akademii ― the conversion of an academy
• nagroda akademii ― an academy award
• władza akademii ― an academy authority
• chór akademii ― an academy choir
• mur akademii ― the wall of an academy
• członkostwo akademii ― academy membership
• sekretarz akademii ― an academy secretary
• pracownik akademii ― an academy employee
• statut akademii ― an academy's charter
• prezydent akademii ― the president of an academy
• decyzja akademii ― an academy's decision
• scenariusz akademii ― an academy screenplay
• instytut akademii ― an academy's institute
• działalność akademii ― the activity of an academy
• siedziba akademii ― an academy's head office
• budynek akademii ― the building of an academy
• galeria akademii ― an academy's gallery
• prezydium akademii ― the presidium of an academy
• badania akademii ― academy research
• połączenie akademii ― the merger of academies
• ukończyć/skończyć akademię ― to graduate from an academy
• założyć akademię ― to found an academy

Descendants

• → Kashubian: akademiô
• →? Silesian: akadymijŏ

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), akademia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 11 times in scientific texts, 49 times in news, 8 times in essays, 9 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 79 times, making it the 811th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• “akademia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “akademia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Paweł Kupiszewski (07.07.2022), “AKADEMIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “akademja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akademja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 15
• akademia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der.

Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader.

Middle English Achademia

English academybor.

Swahili akademia

Borrowed from English academy.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ɑ.kɑ.ɗɛˈmi.ɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

akademia class IX (plural akademia class X)

1. academy