college

college

See also: collège

English

Stonyhurst College, a private school in Lancashire, England

Alternative forms

• colledg, colledge (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/

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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.]
   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

   6. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
   7. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
   8. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.

      Eton College

   9. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
   10. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
   11. (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
   12. (in Chile) A bilingual school.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

• community college
• electoral college
• junior college
• residential college
• senior college
• technical college
• university college

 

Derived terms

• city technology college
• college-aged
• college-goer
• college pheasant
• college-ruled
• college town
• college try
• college wage premium
• cow college
• fresh-out-of-college
• merit badge college
• middle college
• out-of-college
• sixth-form college
• staff college

 

Related terms

• collegiate
• collegium
• old college try

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: college
• → Hindi: कालिज (kālij)
• → Russian: колледж (kolledž)
• → Serbo-Croatian: koledž
• → Slovene: koledž

Translations

group of colleagues

Catalan: col·legi (ca) m Finnish: ammattikunta French: collège (fr) m Hungarian: testület (hu), kollégium (hu)

group sharing common purposes or goals

Catalan: col·legi (ca) m Finnish: kollegio (fi) Russian: корпора́ция (ru) f (korporácija), колле́гия (ru) f (kollégija)

politics: electoral college — see electoral college

academic institution

Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya) Egyptian Arabic: كلية‎ f (kulliyya) Bulgarian: колеж (bg) m (kolež) Catalan: col·legi (ca) m Esperanto: universitato (eo) Finnish: akatemia (fi), yliopisto (fi), tiedekunta (fi) French: université (fr) f Indonesian: kampus (id) Japanese: 大学 (ja), 大学校 (ja) Malayalam: കോളേജ് (ml) (kōḷējŭ), കലാലയം (ml) (kalālayaṃ) Russian: акаде́мия (ru) f (akadémija), университе́т (ru) m (universitét), вуз (ru) m (vuz), вы́сшая шко́ла (ru) f (výsšaja škóla) Spanish: universidad (es) f Swedish: högskola (sv) c Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution of higher education

Arabic: مَعْهَد‎ m (maʿhad) Bulgarian: колеж (bg) m (kolež) Chinese: Mandarin: 大學／大学 (zh) (dàxué) Esperanto: universitato (eo), altlernejo Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), yliopisto (fi) French: université (fr) f, fac (fr) f (short for faculté) German: Fachhochschule (de) f Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio) Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá) Hungarian: egyetem (hu), főiskola (hu) Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 大学校 (ja) Korean: 대학 (ko) (daehak) Lithuanian: koledžas m Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (víša škóla) Malay: maktab Malayalam: കോളേജ് (ml) (kōḷējŭ), കലാലയം (ml) (kalālayaṃ) Maori: kāreti Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade) Polish: szkoła wyższa (pl) f Portuguese: IES f, instituição de ensino superior f Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институ́т (ru) m (institút), вы́сшая шко́ла (ru) f (výsšaja škóla), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž) Serbo-Croatian: visoka škola f Sindhi: ڪاليج‎ Spanish: escuela universitaria f Swedish: högskola (sv) c, fakultet (sv) c Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Urdu: کلیہ‎ (kulliya)

institution of higher education teaching undergraduates

Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya) Chinese: Mandarin: 大學／大学 (zh) (dàxué) Esperanto: universitato (eo), fakultato (eo) Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi) Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá) Hungarian: egyetem (hu), főiskola (hu) Ido: kolegio (io) Japanese: 大学 (ja) (だいがく, daigaku), 単科大学 (ja) (たんかだいがく, tanka daigaku), 学部 (ja), 大学校 (ja) Lithuanian: koledžas m Macedonian: ви́ша шко́ла f (víša škóla) Malayalam: കോളേജ് (ml) (kōḷējŭ), കലാലയം (ml) (kalālayaṃ) Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade) Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f Romanian: facultate (ro) f Russian: вуз (ru) m (vuz), институ́т (ru) m (institút), вы́сшая шко́ла (ru) f (výsšaja škóla), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž) Serbo-Croatian: viša škola (sh) f Spanish: escuela universitaria f Swedish: högskola (sv) c Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Urdu: کلیہ‎ (kulliya) Vietnamese: trường cao đẳng

attendance at an institution of higher education

Finnish: opiskelu (fi) Russian: ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče)

postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees

Chinese: Mandarin: 大专 (zh) (dàzhuān) Finnish: opisto (fi), oppilaitos (fi) Spanish: escuela técnica f, escuela de artes aplicadas f, escuela de ciencias aplicadas f Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university

Arabic: مَعْهَد‎ m (maʿhad) Chinese: Mandarin: 學院／学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn) Finnish: korkeakoulu (fi) Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí) (scholí) Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה‎ (he) f (mikhlalá) Japanese: 学寮 (がくりょう, gakuryō) Lithuanian: koledžas m Macedonian: институ́т m (institút) Norman: collège m (Jersey) Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade) Portuguese: setor (pt) m Romanian: facultate (ro) f, institut (ro) n Russian: институ́т (ru) m (institút) Serbo-Croatian: institut (sh) m Spanish: facultad (es) f Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) 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) French: faculté (fr) f Hungarian: kar (hu), intézet (hu), fakultás (hu) Italian: facoltà (it) f Japanese: 学部 (ja) (がくぶ, gakubu), 学科 (ja), 学類, 学群, 学術院, 学系 Macedonian: факулте́т m (fakultét) Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f Russian: факульте́т (ru) m (fakulʹtét), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: факу̀лте̄т m Roman: fakùltēt (sh) m Spanish: facultad (es) f Swedish: fakultet (sv) c Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Vietnamese: khoa (vi)

in the formal names of private schools: secondary school

Chinese: Mandarin: 私立高中 (sīlì gāozhōng) Finnish: opisto (fi) Greek: σχολή (el) f (scholí) Japanese: 私立学校 (ja), 私学 (ja) Lithuanian: koledžas m Macedonian: учи́лиште (mk) n (učílište) Maori: kāreti Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh) Portuguese: colégio (pt) m Russian: те́хникум (ru) m (téxnikum), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče) Serbo-Croatian: učilište (sh) n Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Turkish: kolej (tr) Welsh: coleg m

institution of further education at an intermediate level

Arabic: كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya), كُلِّيَّة‎ (ar) f (kulliyya) Bengali: মহাবিদ্যালয় (môhabidẏalôyô) Chinese: Mandarin: 學院／学院 (zh) (xuéyuàn) Finnish: opisto (fi), ammattikorkeakoulu (fi) German: Berufsfachschule (de) f, Berufskolleg n Greek: κολέγιο (el) n (kolégio) Hindi: कॉलेज m (kŏlej), कालेज m (kālej) Japanese: 学園 (ja) (がくえん, gakuen), 学院 (ja) Lithuanian: koledžas m Macedonian: учи́лиште (mk) n (učílište), акаде́мија f (akadémija) Malay: kolej Norman: collège m (Jersey) Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh), کالج‎ (fa) (kâlej) Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f Romanian: colegiu (ro) n, școală secundară f Russian: те́хникум (ru) m (téxnikum), учи́лище (ru) n (učílišče), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž) Serbo-Croatian: koledž (sh), veleučilište, viša škola (sh) Slovak: vysoká škola Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Welsh: coleg m

high school or secondary school — See also translations at high school,‎ secondary school

Finnish: toisen asteen oppilaitos Spanish: colegio (es) m Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level

Chinese: Mandarin: 大學／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) Lithuanian: koledžas m Norman: collège m (Jersey) Persian: آموزشگاه‎ (fa) (âmuzešgâh) Portuguese: faculdade (pt) f Romanian: colegiu (ro) n Russian: ПТУ (ru) n (PTU), ко́лледж (ru) m (kólledž) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: วิทยาลัย (th) (wít-tá-yaa-lai) Welsh: coleg m

residential hall of a university

Chinese: Mandarin: 校舍 (zh) (xiàoshè) Finnish: asuntola (fi) Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 学生寮 Persian: دانشکده‎ (fa) (dâneškade) Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n (obščežítije)

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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

Anagrams

• geocell

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/

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• Hyphenation: col‧le‧ge
• Rhymes: -eːʒə

Noun

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

1. A collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority.
2. A secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education.
3. An academic lecture, class.

Derived terms

• collegejaar
• collegezaal
• gastcollege

Related terms

• collega

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolese

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

Noun

college

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

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 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 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

Synonyms

• (sweatshirt): collegepusero

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• colage, colege, colegg, colegie, collage

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

• collegial
• collegian
• collegiate

Descendants

• English: college (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: college

References

• “collē̆ǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• colege, collège, colliege

Etymology

Inherited from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Noun

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)

Descendants

• French: collège
  • → Turkish: kolej
• → Middle English: college, colage, colege, colegg, colegie, collage
  • English: college (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: college
• → Dutch: college
  • → Indonesian: kolese

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Old French

Alternative forms

• colege, colliege

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

Noun

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

1. institution; organization (an organised establishment of people)

   college des Cardinaux ― College of Cardinals

Descendants

• Middle French: college, colege, collège, colliege
  • French: collège
    • → Turkish: kolej
  • → Middle English: college, colage, colege, colegg, colegie, collage
    • English: college (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: college
  • → Dutch: college
    • → Indonesian: kolese
• Norman: collège
• → Middle Irish: coláisde
  • Irish: coláiste

References

• “COLLEGE m.”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “collegium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 896

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Polish

Alternative forms

• koledż

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English college.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɛt͡ʂ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: co‧llege

Noun

college m inan

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

Declension

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

Further reading

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