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college

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See also: College and collège

English

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Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
    Proto-Italic *kom
    Old Latin com
    Latin cum
    Latin con-
    Latin lēx
    Latin -ō
    Latin lēgō
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Italic *-ā
    Latin -a
    Latin collēga
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Old Latin -ios
    Latin -ius
    Latin -ium
    Old French college
    Middle French collegebor.
    Middle English college
    English college

    From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

    Pronunciation

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    enPR: kŏl′ij, IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/, Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ

    enPR: kŏl′āj, (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈkɒleːd͡ʒ/

    Noun

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    college (plural colleges)

    2. (education) An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
      1. A specialized division of a university.
        College of Engineering
      2. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
        She's still in college
        These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
      3. (Ireland, Philippines) A university.
      4. (Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
      5. (chiefly UK) 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
      7. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
      8. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
      9. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
        Eton College
      10. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
      11. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
      12. (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
      13. (in Chile) A bilingual school.
    3. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
      College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
      • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232:
        The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.
    4. (politics) An electoral college.
    5. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Dutch college, from Middle French college, from Latin collēgium.

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    Noun

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    college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

    1. a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority
      Het college van burgemeester en wethouders neemt belangrijke beslissingen voor de gemeente.
      The collegial board of mayor and aldermen makes important decisions for the municipality.
      Het college van advies bestaat uit deskundigen op het gebied van duurzaamheid.
      The advisory committee consists of experts in the field of sustainability.
    2. a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education
      Na de basisschool ging hij naar het college om verder te studeren.
      After elementary school, he went to the high school to continue his studies.
      In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak een college genoemd.
      In Flanders, a high school is often called a college.
    3. an academic lecture, class
      Het college begint om 9 uur en duurt twee uur.
      The lecture starts at 9 o'clock and lasts two hours.
      De docent gaf een boeiend college over de geschiedenis van de kunst.
      The lecturer gave an engaging lecture on the history of art.

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    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

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

    Noun

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    college

    1. sweatshirt (especially one with text referring to a certain college)
    2. college (an institution of higher education)

    Declension

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

    Inflection 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/
    abessive /ˈko̞lidsit̪ːɑ/ /ˈko̞lidse̞it̪ːɑ/
    instructive – /ˈko̞lidse̞in/
    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 Fennicize / 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
    collegein rare
    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
    abessive collegetta collegeitta
    instructive — collegein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of college (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative collegeni collegeni
    accusative nom. collegeni collegeni
    gen. collegeni
    genitive collegeni collegejeni
    collegeini rare
    partitive collegeani collegejani
    inessive collegessani collegeissani
    elative collegestani collegeistani
    illative collegeeni collegeihini
    adessive collegellani collegeillani
    ablative collegeltani collegeiltani
    allative collegelleni collegeilleni
    essive collegenani collegeinani
    translative collegekseni collegeikseni
    abessive collegettani collegeittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — collegeineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative collegesi collegesi
    accusative nom. collegesi collegesi
    gen. collegesi
    genitive collegesi collegejesi
    collegeisi rare
    partitive collegeasi collegejasi
    inessive collegessasi collegeissasi
    elative collegestasi collegeistasi
    illative collegeesi collegeihisi
    adessive collegellasi collegeillasi
    ablative collegeltasi collegeiltasi
    allative collegellesi collegeillesi
    essive collegenasi collegeinasi
    translative collegeksesi collegeiksesi
    abessive collegettasi collegeittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — collegeinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative collegemme collegemme
    accusative nom. collegemme collegemme
    gen. collegemme
    genitive collegemme collegejemme
    collegeimme rare
    partitive collegeamme collegejamme
    inessive collegessamme collegeissamme
    elative collegestamme collegeistamme
    illative collegeemme collegeihimme
    adessive collegellamme collegeillamme
    ablative collegeltamme collegeiltamme
    allative collegellemme collegeillemme
    essive collegenamme collegeinamme
    translative collegeksemme collegeiksemme
    abessive collegettamme collegeittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — collegeinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative collegenne collegenne
    accusative nom. collegenne collegenne
    gen. collegenne
    genitive collegenne collegejenne
    collegeinne rare
    partitive collegeanne collegejanne
    inessive collegessanne collegeissanne
    elative collegestanne collegeistanne
    illative collegeenne collegeihinne
    adessive collegellanne collegeillanne
    ablative collegeltanne collegeiltanne
    allative collegellenne collegeillenne
    essive collegenanne collegeinanne
    translative collegeksenne collegeiksenne
    abessive collegettanne collegeittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — collegeinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative collegensa collegensa
    accusative nom. collegensa collegensa
    gen. collegensa
    genitive collegensa collegejensa
    collegeinsa rare
    partitive collegeaan
    collegeansa     		collegejaan
    collegejansa
    inessive collegessaan
    collegessansa     		collegeissaan
    collegeissansa
    elative collegestaan
    collegestansa     		collegeistaan
    collegeistansa
    illative collegeensa collegeihinsa
    adessive collegellaan
    collegellansa     		collegeillaan
    collegeillansa
    ablative collegeltaan
    collegeltansa     		collegeiltaan
    collegeiltansa
    allative collegelleen
    collegellensa     		collegeilleen
    collegeillensa
    essive collegenaan
    collegenansa     		collegeinaan
    collegeinansa
    translative collegekseen
    collegeksensa     		collegeikseen
    collegeiksensa
    abessive collegettaan
    collegettansa     		collegeittaan
    collegeittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — collegeineen
    collegeinensa

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    Middle English

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      Borrowed from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

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      • IPA(key): /kɔˈlɛːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /kɔˈlaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈkɔlɛd͡ʒ(ə)/

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      college (plural collegis)

      1. A group of clergymen (usually dependent on public funds).
      2. A group of teachers and students; a university or part of one.
      3. A group of colleagues; a team or organisation.
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      Middle French

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        Inherited from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

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        college m (plural colleges)

        1. An institution or organization (an organised establishment of people):
          1. A monastery or convent; a monastic institution.
          2. A college (semi-autonomous university institution)

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          Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

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          college oblique singular, m (oblique plural colleges, nominative singular colleges, nominative plural college)

          1. institution; organization (an organised establishment of people)
            college des Cardinaux ― College of Cardinals

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          Polish

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          Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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          Etymology

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            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
            Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
            Proto-Italic *kom
            Old Latin com
            Latin cum
            Latin con-
            Latin lēx
            Latin -ō
            Latin lēgō
            Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
            Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
            Proto-Italic *-ā
            Latin -a
            Latin collēga
            Proto-Indo-European *-yós
            Old Latin -ios
            Latin -ius
            Latin -ium
            Old French college
            Middle French collegebor.
            Middle English college
            English collegebor.
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            Unadapted borrowing from English college. Doublet of kolegium.

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            college m inan

            1. (education) college (specialized division of a university)
            2. (education) college (institution of higher education teaching undergraduates)

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            Declension of college
            singular plural
            nominative college college'e
            genitive college'u college'ów
            dative college'owi college'om
            accusative college college'e
            instrumental college'em college'ami
            locative college'u college'ach
            vocative college'u college'e

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            • college in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • college in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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