kolehiyo
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish colegio.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
- IPA(key): /koleˈhio/
Noun
kolehiyo
- college
See also
- elementariya
- unibersidad
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
- IPA(key): /koleˈhio/, [kʊ.l̪ɪˈhi.ʊ]
Etymology 1
From English college, from Old French college, from Latin collegium.
Noun
kolehiyo
- a college; an institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
- a specialized division of a university
- (by extension) a university
Etymology 2
From Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya.
Noun
kolehiyo
- (obsolete) a school, especially an elementary school
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:kolehiyo.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
- IPA(key): /koˈlehio/, [koˈle.hɪ.jo]
Noun
koléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)
- a college; an institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
- Synonym: dalubhasaan
- a specialized division of a university
- (by extension) a university
- Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad
- (obsolete) secondary school
- Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul
Related terms
- kolehiyado
- kolehiyal
- kolehiyala
Further reading
- “kolehiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018