college

See also: collège

English

Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

Etymology

From Middle English college, from Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ

Noun

college (plural colleges)

1. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
2. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

   College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons

3. (politics) An electoral college.
4. An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
5. A specialized division of a university.

   College of Engineering

6. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
7. (attributively, chiefly US) Attendance at an institution of higher education.

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

8. (Canada, Israel) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
9. (chiefly Britain) 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

10. (Britain) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
11. (Britain) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
12. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.

    Eton College

13. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
14. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
15. (in Chile) A bilingual school.

Synonyms

• (specialized division of a university) department, faculty, school

Hyponyms

• community college
• electoral college
• junior college

Derived terms

• fresh-out-of-college
• out-of-college

Related terms

• old college try
• collegiate
• collegium

Translations

group of colleagues

• Finnish: ammattikunta

• French: collège (fr) m

group sharing common purposes or goals

• Finnish: kollegio (fi)

• Russian: корпора́ция (ru) f (korporácija), колле́гия (ru) f (kollégija)

politics: electoral college — see electoral college

academic institution

• Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya)
• Finnish: akatemia (fi), yliopisto (fi), tiedekunta (fi)
• French: université (fr) f

• Russian: акаде́мия (ru) f (akadémija), университе́т (ru) m (universitét), вуз (ru) m (vuz), вы́сшая шко́ла f (výsšaja škóla)
• Spanish: universidad (es) f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution of higher education

• Arabic: مَعْهَد‎ m (maʿhad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (zh), 大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), yliopisto (fi)
• French: université (fr) f, fac (fr) f
• German: Fachhochschule (de) f
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku)
• Korean: 대학 (ko) (daehak)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m

• Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (víša škóla)
• Malay: maktab
• Maori: kāreti
• Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade)
• Polish: szkoła wyższa (pl) f
• Portuguese: IES f, instituição de ensino superior f
• Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институ́т (ru) m (institút), вы́сшая шко́ла f (výsšaja škóla), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian: visoka škola f
• Sindhi: ڪاليج‎
• Spanish: escuela universitaria f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates

• Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (zh), 大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Ido: kolegio (io)
• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 単科大学 (たんかだいがく, tanka daigaku)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (víša škóla)

• Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: facultate (ro) f
• Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институ́т (ru) m (institút), вы́сшая шко́ла f (výsšaja škóla), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian: viša škola (sh) f
• Spanish: escuela universitaria f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Vietnamese: trường cao đẳng

attendance at an institution of higher education

• Finnish: opiskelu (fi)

• Russian: ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče)

postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大专 (zh) (dàzhuān)

• Finnish: opisto (fi), oppilaitos (fi)

• Spanish: escuela técnica f, escuela de artes aplicadas f, escuela de ciencias aplicadas f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university

• Arabic: مَعْهَد‎ m (maʿhad)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí) (scholí)
• Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Japanese: 学寮 (がくりょう, gakuryō)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: институ́т m (institút)

• Norman: collège m (Jersey)
• Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade)
• Portuguese: setor (pt) m
• Romanian: facultate (ro) f, institut (ro) n
• Russian: институ́т (ru) m (institút)
• Serbo-Croatian: institut (sh) m
• Spanish: facultad (es) f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Welsh: coleg m

specialized division of a university

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: faculteit (nl) f
• Finnish: tiedekunta (fi)
• French: faculté (fr)
• Italian: facoltà (it)
• Japanese: 学部 (がくぶ, gakubu)
• Macedonian: факулте́т m (fakultét)

• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Russian: факульте́т (ru) m (fakulʹtét), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: факу̀лте̄т m

  Roman: fakùltēt (sh) m

• Spanish: facultad (es) f
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Vietnamese: khoa (vi)

in the formal names of private schools: secondary school

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 私立高中 (sīlì gāozhōng)

• Finnish: opisto (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: учи́лиште n (učílište)
• Maori: kāreti
• Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh)

• Portuguese: colégio (pt) m
• Russian: те́хникум (ru) m (téxnikum), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče)
• Serbo-Croatian: učilište (sh) n
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Turkish: kolej (tr)
• Welsh: coleg m

institution of further education at an intermediate level

• Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya), كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya)
• Bengali: মহাবিদ্যালয় (môhabidjalôy)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: opisto (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• German: Berufsfachschule f, Berufskolleg n
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio)
• Hindi: कॉलेज m (kŏlej), कालेज m (kālej)
• Japanese: 学園 (ja) (がくえん, gakuen)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: учи́лиште n (učílište), акаде́мија f (akadémija)

• Malay: kolej
• Norman: collège m (Jersey)
• Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh), کالج‎ (fa) (kâlej)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n, școală secundară f
• Russian: те́хникум (ru) m (téxnikum), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian: koledž (sh), veleučilište, viša škola (sh)
• Slovak: vysoká škola
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Welsh: coleg m

high school or secondary school

• Finnish: toisen asteen oppilaitos
• Spanish: colegio (es) m

• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (zh), 大学 (zh) (dàxué)

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

• Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n
• Russian: ПТУ (ru) n (PTU), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)
• Welsh: coleg m

residential hall of a university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校舍 (zh) (xiàoshè)

• Finnish: asuntola (fi)

• Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō)
• Persian: دانشكده‎ (fa) (dâneškade)
• Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n (obščežítije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} collegio
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} coláiste m

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} kolegija f, ^{(please verify)} koledžas m
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} vysoká škola f

See also

• university

Anagrams

• geocell

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Pronunciation

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Noun

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

1. lecture, class

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolids/, [ˈko̞lids̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkolidsi/, [ˈko̞lids̠i] (especially in the sweatshirt sense)

Noun

college

1. college (learning institution)
2. college sweatshirt

Declension

This table shows the spoken declension with IPA symbols, which falls nicely into risti -class.

Declension of college (irregular) singular plural nominative /ˈko̞lidsi/ or /ˈko̞lids/ /ˈko̞lidsit̪/ genitive /ˈko̞lidsin/ /ˈko̞lidsie̞n/ partitive /ˈko̞lidsiɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞jɑ/ accusative /ˈko̞lidsi/ or /ˈko̞lids/ /ˈko̞lidsin/ /ˈko̞lidsit̪/ inessive /ˈko̞lidsisːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞isːɑ/ elative /ˈko̞lidsistɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞istɑ/ illative /ˈko̞lidsiːn/ /ˈko̞lidse̞iɦin/ adessive /ˈko̞lidsilːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilːɑ/ ablative /ˈko̞lidsiltɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilt̪ɑ/ allative /ˈko̞lidsilːe̞/ /ˈko̞lidse̞ilːe̞/ essive /ˈko̞lidsinɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞inɑ/ translative /ˈko̞lidsiksi/ /ˈko̞lidse̞iksi/ instructive – /ˈko̞lidse̞in/ abessive /ˈko̞lidsit̪ːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞it̪ːɑ/ comitative – /ˈko̞lidse̞ine̞ːn/

Written declension is more complicated due to the difficulty of combining "college" with risti-type endings. Therefore, it might be advisable to avoid inflecting this word in writing by using synonyms, when available. If one has to, one option is to write as if the pronunciation were finnicized to /ˈko̞lːe̞ge̞/, in which case the word would fall into nalle-category with the exception that collegeiden seems to be more commonly used as genitive plural than collegejen and collegein is not used as genitive plural:

Inflection of college (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		college	colleget
genitive		collegen	collegejen
partitive		collegea	collegeja
illative		collegeen	collegeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		college	colleget
accusative	nom.	college	colleget
	gen.	collegen
genitive		collegen	collegejen collegeinrare
partitive		collegea	collegeja
inessive		collegessa	collegeissa
elative		collegesta	collegeista
illative		collegeen	collegeihin
adessive		collegella	collegeilla
ablative		collegelta	collegeilta
allative		collegelle	collegeille
essive		collegena	collegeina
translative		collegeksi	collegeiksi
instructive		—	collegein
abessive		collegetta	collegeitta
comitative		—	collegeineen

Synonyms

• (sweatshirt): collegepusero

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• colegg, colege, collage, colage, colegie

Etymology

From Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔlˈɛːdʒ(ə)/, /kɔlˈaːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈkɔlɛdʒ(ə)/

Noun

college (plural collegis)

1. A grouping of clergy (usually relying on public funding).
2. A grouping of teachers and students; a university or part of one.
3. A grouping of colleagues; a team or organisation.

Related terms

• collegial
• collegian
• collegiate

Descendants

• English: college
• Scots: college

References

• “collē̆ǧe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from 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 ― College of Cardinals

Descendants

• English: college
• French: collège