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college¹

  • /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ UK
  • /ˈkɑ.lɪdʒ/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˈkɔl.ɪdʒ/ Australia
  • [ˈkɔ̟l.ədʒ] New Zealand
  • /ˈkɔː.le(ː)dʒ/ India
  • /ˈkɑː.le(ː)dʒ/ India

Rhymes with -ɒlɪdʒ, (India, also) -eɪdʒ

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs?

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs?

Proto-Italic *lēks

Latin lēx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin lēgō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin collēga

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin collēgiumbor.

Old French college

Middle French collegebor.

Middle English college

English college

From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

noun colleges · colledg · colledge

  1. A specialized division of a university. College of Engineering
  2. US An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates. She's still in college
  3. Ireland, Philippines A university.
  4. Canada A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
  5. UK A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc. Pembroke College, Cambridge
  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. Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK 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. A bilingual school.
  13. A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues. Near-synonyms: society, association, academy
  14. An electoral college.

Similar: faculty, school

College²

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
  2. A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
  3. A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.

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