# college
## English
### Alternative forms

* colledg, colledge (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/
* (Indic) IPA: /ˈkɒleˑd͡ʒ/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ

### Noun

college (plural colleges)
* (education) An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
** A specialized division of a university.
    College of Engineering
** (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.
** (Ireland, Philippines) A university.
** (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.
** (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
** (in Chile) A bilingual school.
* (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
    College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
** 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232:The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.
* (politics) An electoral college.
* (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Hyponyms

* arts college
* community college
* electoral college
* junior college
* residential college
* senior college
* technical college
* tertiary college
* university college

#### Derived terms

* anticollege
* Benedict College
* Bene't College
* Buckingham College
* city technology college
* college-aged
* collegebound
* collegeboy
* College City
* College for Women
* college-goer
* collegegoer
* collegeless
* collegelike
* collegemate
* college pheasant
* colleger
* college-ruled
* College Station
* college town
* college try
* college wage premium
* collegewide
* collegey
* cow college
* Electoral College
* fresh-out-of-college
* Gloucester College
* Hertford College
* Iffley College
* intercollege
* Joe College
* King's College
* merit badge college
* middle college
* multicollege
* noncollege
* out-college
* out-of-college
* Parks College
* Peterhouse College
* postcollege
* precollege
* sixth form college
* staff college
* St Benet's College
* subcollege
* uncolleged
* University College

#### Related terms

* collegiate
* collegium
* old college try

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Bengali: কলেজ (kolej)
* → Finnish: college
* ⇒ Hindustani:
** Hindi: कालिज (kālij), कॉलेज (kŏlej), कालेज (kālej)
** Urdu: کالِج (kālij)
* → Russian: ко́лледж (kólledž), колле́дж (kollédž)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ко̀леџ
    Latin script: kòledž
* → Slovene: koledž
* → Ukrainian: ко́ле́дж (kólédž)

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### See also

* university

### Anagrams

* geocell

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: col‧le‧ge
* Rhymes: -eːʒə

### Noun

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)
* a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority
    Het college van burgemeester en wethouders neemt belangrijke beslissingen voor de gemeente.The collegial board of mayor and aldermen makes important decisions for the municipality.
    Het college van advies bestaat uit deskundigen op het gebied van duurzaamheid.The advisory committee consists of experts in the field of sustainability.
* a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education
    Na de basisschool ging hij naar het college om verder te studeren.After elementary school, he went to the high school to continue his studies.
    In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak een college genoemd.In Flanders, a high school is often called a college.
* an academic lecture, class
    Het college begint om 9 uur en duurt twee uur.The lecture starts at 9 o'clock and lasts two hours.
    De docent gaf een boeiend college over de geschiedenis van de kunst.The lecturer gave an engaging lecture on the history of art.

#### Derived terms

* college van bestuur
* college van burgemeester en wethouders
* collegejaar
* collegezaal
* gastcollege
* hoorcollege

#### Related terms

* collega

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: kolese

## 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: /ˈkolids(i)/, [ˈko̞lids̠(i)] (especially in the sweatshirt sense)
* IPA: /ˈkolidʒ(i)/, [ˈko̞lidʒ(i)]
* Rhymes: -olids(i)

### Noun

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

#### Declension

This table shows the spoken declension with IPA symbols, which falls nicely into risti -class.
Inflection 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/
abessive
/ˈko̞lidsit̪ːɑ/
/ˈko̞lidse̞it̪ːɑ/
instructive
/ˈko̞lidse̞in/
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:
Possessive forms of college (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
collegeni
collegeni
accusative
nom.
collegeni
collegeni
gen.
collegeni
genitive
collegeni
collegejeni collegeini $^{rare}$
partitive
collegeani
collegejani
inessive
collegessani
collegeissani
elative
collegestani
collegeistani
illative
collegeeni
collegeihini
adessive
collegellani
collegeillani
ablative
collegeltani
collegeiltani
allative
collegelleni
collegeilleni
essive
collegenani
collegeinani
translative
collegekseni
collegeikseni
abessive
collegettani
collegeittani
instructive
comitative
—collegeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
collegesi
collegesi
accusative
nom.
collegesi
collegesi
gen.
collegesi
genitive
collegesi
collegejesi collegeisi $^{rare}$
partitive
collegeasi
collegejasi
inessive
collegessasi
collegeissasi
elative
collegestasi
collegeistasi
illative
collegeesi
collegeihisi
adessive
collegellasi
collegeillasi
ablative
collegeltasi
collegeiltasi
allative
collegellesi
collegeillesi
essive
collegenasi
collegeinasi
translative
collegeksesi
collegeiksesi
abessive
collegettasi
collegeittasi
instructive
comitative
—collegeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
collegemme
collegemme
accusative
nom.
collegemme
collegemme
gen.
collegemme
genitive
collegemme
collegejemme collegeimme $^{rare}$
partitive
collegeamme
collegejamme
inessive
collegessamme
collegeissamme
elative
collegestamme
collegeistamme
illative
collegeemme
collegeihimme
adessive
collegellamme
collegeillamme
ablative
collegeltamme
collegeiltamme
allative
collegellemme
collegeillemme
essive
collegenamme
collegeinamme
translative
collegeksemme
collegeiksemme
abessive
collegettamme
collegeittamme
instructive
comitative
—collegeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
collegenne
collegenne
accusative
nom.
collegenne
collegenne
gen.
collegenne
genitive
collegenne
collegejenne collegeinne $^{rare}$
partitive
collegeanne
collegejanne
inessive
collegessanne
collegeissanne
elative
collegestanne
collegeistanne
illative
collegeenne
collegeihinne
adessive
collegellanne
collegeillanne
ablative
collegeltanne
collegeiltanne
allative
collegellenne
collegeillenne
essive
collegenanne
collegeinanne
translative
collegeksenne
collegeiksenne
abessive
collegettanne
collegeittanne
instructive
comitative
—collegeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
collegensa
collegensa
accusative
nom.
collegensa
collegensa
gen.
collegensa
genitive
collegensa
collegejensa collegeinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
collegeaan collegeansa
collegejaan collegejansa
inessive
collegessaan collegessansa
collegeissaan collegeissansa
elative
collegestaan collegestansa
collegeistaan collegeistansa
illative
collegeensa
collegeihinsa
adessive
collegellaan collegellansa
collegeillaan collegeillansa
ablative
collegeltaan collegeltansa
collegeiltaan collegeiltansa
allative
collegelleen collegellensa
collegeilleen collegeillensa
essive
collegenaan collegenansa
collegeinaan collegeinansa
translative
collegekseen collegeksensa
collegeikseen collegeiksensa
abessive
collegettaan collegettansa
collegeittaan collegeittansa
instructive
comitative
—collegeineen collegeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (sweatshirt): collegepusero

#### Derived terms

* collegehousut
* collegepusero

### Further reading

* “college”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* colage, colege, colegg, colegie, collage

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈlɛːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /kɔˈlaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈkɔlɛd͡ʒ(ə)/

### Noun

college (plural collegis)
* A group of clergymen (usually dependent on public funds).
* A group of teachers and students; a university or part of one.
* 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.

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* colege, collège, colliege

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

### Noun

college m (plural colleges)
* An institution or organization (an organised establishment of people):
** A monastery or convent; a monastic institution.
** 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

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* colege, colliege

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

### Noun

college oblique singular, m (oblique plural colleges, nominative singular colleges, nominative plural college)
* 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, volume 2: C Q K, page 896

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* koledż

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English college. Doublet of kolegium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.lɛt͡ʂ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlɛt͡ʂ
* Syllabification: co‧llege

### Noun

college m inan
* (education) college (specialized division of a university)
* (education) college (institution of higher education teaching undergraduates)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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