universidad
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish universidat, borrowed from Medieval Latin universitātem. By surface analysis, universo + -idad.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /unibeɾsiˈdad/ [u.ni.β̞eɾ.siˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧dad
Noun
[edit]universidad f (plural universidades)
Usage notes
[edit]- In Spain, like in the US, master's degrees (máster) and PhDs (doctorado) are done at a college, but there is no such thing as "grad school", one would just say one is doing a master's or PhD at a university.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Cebuano: unibersidad
- → Ido: universitato
- → Tagalog: unibersidad
Further reading
[edit]- “universidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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