college

See also: collège

English

Wikipedia

Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

Etymology

From Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɪdʒ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/

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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. An institution of higher education.
6. (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 does not award bachelor's degrees, instead offering vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
9. (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

10. (US, New Zealand) A specialized division of a university.

    College of Engineering

11. (UK, in the names of private schools) A secondary school.

    Eton College

12. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.
13. (New Zealand) A high school or secondary school.
14. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
15. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from college

community college electoral college

junior college old college try

Related terms

• collegiate
• collegium

Translations

group of colleagues

• Finnish: ammattikunta

group sharing common purposes or goals

• Finnish: kollegio

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

politics: electoral college — see electoral college

academic institution

• Finnish: akatemia (fi), yliopisto (fi), tiedekunta (fi)

institution of higher education

• Arabic: معهد m (má3had)

  Egyptian Arabic: معهد m (maʕhad)

• 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) (kolégio)
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) f (mikhlalá)

• Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: виша школа f (víša škóla)
• Malay: maktab
• Maori: kāreti
• Persian: دانشكده (fa) (daneshkadeh)
• Portuguese: IES f, instituição de ensino superior f
• Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институт (ru) m (institút), высшая школа f (výsšaja škóla)
• Serbo-Croatian: visoka škola f

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大學 (zh), 大学 (zh) (dàxué)

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) f (mikhlalá)
• 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: виша школа f (víša škóla)
• Persian: دانشكده (fa) (daneshkadeh)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: facultate (ro) f
• Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институт (ru) m (institút), высшая школа f (výsšaja škóla)
• Serbo-Croatian: viša škola f

attendance at an institution of higher education

• Finnish: opiskelu (fi)

postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees

• Finnish: opsto, oppilaitos (fi)

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university

• Arabic: معهد m (má3had)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學院, 学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí) (scholí)
• Hebrew: מכללה (he) f (mikhlalá)
• Japanese: 学寮 (がくりょう, gakuryō)
• Jèrriais: collège m

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: институт m (institút)
• Persian: دانشكده (fa) (daneshkadeh)
• Portuguese: setor (pt) m
• Romanian: facultate (ro) f, institut (ro) n
• Russian: институт (ru) m (institút)
• Serbo-Croatian: institut (sh) m
• Welsh: coleg m

specialized division of a university

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: faculteit (nl) f
• Finnish: tiedekunta (fi)
• Japanese: 学部 (がくぶ, gakubu)
• Macedonian: факултет m (fakulitét)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f

• Russian: факультет (ru) m (fakul’tét), отделение (ru) n (otdelénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: факу̀лте̄т m

  Roman: fakùltēt m

• Spanish: facultad (es) f

in the formal names of private schools: secondary school

• Chinese: trad. 私立高中, simpl. 私立高中 (sīlì gāozhōng)
• Finnish: opisto (fi)
• Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí) (scholí)
• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: училиште n (učílište)
• Maori: kāreti

• Persian: آموزشگاه (fa) (amuzeshgah)
• Portuguese: colégio (pt) m
• Russian: техникум (ru) m (téxnikum), училище (ru) n (učílišče)
• Serbo-Croatian: učilište (sh) n
• Turkish: kolej (tr)
• Welsh: coleg m

institution of further education at an intermediate level

• Arabic: كلية f (kullíyya), كلية f (kullíyya)
• Bengali: মহাবিদ্যালয়
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學院, 学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn)

• Finnish: opisto (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi)
• German: Berufsfachschule f, Berufskolleg n
• Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio) (kolégio)
• Hindi: कॉलेज m (kolej), कालेज m (kālej)
• Japanese: 学園 (がくえん, gakuen)
• Jèrriais: collège m

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Macedonian: училиште n (učílište), академија f (akadémija)
• Malay: kolej
• Persian: آموزشگاه (fa) (amuzeshgah), کالج (fa) (kâlej)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n, școală secundară f
• Russian: техникум (ru) m (téxnikum), училище (ru) n (učílišče), колледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• Serbo-Croatian: koledž (sh), veleučilište, viša škola
• Slovak: vysoká škola
• Welsh: coleg m

high school or secondary school

• Finnish: toisen asteen oppilaitos

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)
• Jèrriais: collège m

• Lithuanian: koledžas m
• Persian: آموزشگاه (fa) (amuzeshgah)
• Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f
• Romanian: colegiu (ro) n
• Russian: ПТУ (ru) n (pe-te-ú), колледж (ru) m (kólledž)
• 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) (daneshkadeh)
• Russian: общежитие (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 Help:How to check 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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

college c (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

1. lecture, class

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko̞lids/
• IPA^(key): /ˈko̞lidsi/ (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)

		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		collegelleˣ	collegeilleˣ
essive		collegena	collegeina
translative		collegeksi	collegeiksi
instructive		—	collegein
abessive		collegetta	collegeitta
comitative		—	collegeineen

Synonyms

• (sweatshirt): collegepusero

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Old French

Etymology

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

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Descendants

• English: college
• French: collège