English
Stonyhurst College , a private school in Lancashire , England
Etymology
From Middle English college , from Old French college , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin collegium .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ
Noun
college (plural colleges )
( obsolete ) A corporate group; a group of colleagues .
( in some proper nouns ) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
College of Cardinals , College of Surgeons
( politics ) An electoral college .
An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
A specialized division of a university.
College of Engineering
( chiefly US ) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
( attributively , chiefly US ) Attendance at an institution of higher education.
These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
( Canada ) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees .
( 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
( UK ) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form .
( UK ) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
( UK , Australia , New Zealand , Ireland , South Africa ) A high school or secondary school.
Eton College
( Australia ) A private (non-government) primary or high school .
( Australia ) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
( in Chile ) A bilingual school.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
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Translations
group sharing common purposes or goals
institution of higher education
institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
attendance at an institution of higher education
postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees
non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university
specialized division of a university
high school or secondary school
residential hall of a university
Translations to be checked
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
college n (plural colleges , diminutive collegetje n )
lecture , class
Finnish
Etymology
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
IPA (key ) : /ˈkolids/ , [ˈko̞lids̠]
IPA (key ) : /ˈkolidsi/ , [ˈko̞lids̠i] ( especially in the sweatshirt sense )
Noun
college
sweatshirt ( especially one with text referring to a certain college )
college ( learning institution )
Declension
This table shows the spoken declension with IPA symbols, which falls nicely into risti -class.
Declension of college (irregular)
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:
Synonyms
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French college , from Latin collegium .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kɔlˈɛːdʒ(ə)/ , /kɔlˈaːdʒ(ə)/ , /ˈkɔlɛdʒ(ə)/
Noun
college (plural collegis )
A grouping of clergy (usually relying on public funding).
A grouping of teachers and students ; a university or part of one.
A grouping of colleagues ; a team or organisation .
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Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collegium .
Noun
college oblique singular , m (oblique plural colleges , nominative singular colleges , nominative plural college )
institution ; organization (establishment of people with similar aims/goals)
college des Cardinaux ― College of Cardinals
Descendants