college

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English[edit]

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Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ

Noun[edit]

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) 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.

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Translations[edit]

politics: electoral college — see electoral college
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Noun[edit]

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

  1. lecture, class

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English college. The "sweatshirt" sense is a pseudo-anglicism and is probably due to the prevalence of college related text on such sweatshirts.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolids(i)/, [ˈko̞lids̠(i)] (especially in the sweatshirt sense)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkolidʒ(i)/, [ˈko̞lidʒ(i)]

Noun[edit]

college

  1. sweatshirt (especially one with text referring to a certain college)
  2. college (learning institution)

Declension[edit]

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
Possessive forms of college (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person collegeni collegemme
2nd person collegesi collegenne
3rd person collegensa

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: college
  • Scots: college

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin collegium.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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