college
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏl′ij
ipa: /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ
enpr: kŏl′āj
note: Indic
ipa: /kɔ.ledʒ/
Forms: form: colleges
form: colledg
form: colledge
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin lēx
Latin -ō
Latin lēgō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin collēga
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
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.
Senses: examples: text: College of Engineering
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A specialized division of a university.
examples: text: She's still in college
text: These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A university.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
examples: text: Pembroke College, Cambridge
text: Balliol College, Oxford
text: University College, London
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
examples: text: Eton College
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A high school or secondary school.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A private (non-government) primary or high school.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A government high school, short for junior college.
topics: education
glosses: An academic institution.
A bilingual school.
raw_tags: in Chile
examples: text: College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
text: The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232:
glosses: A group sharing common purposes or goals.
raw_tags: in some proper nouns
topics: government
politics
glosses: An electoral college.
glosses: A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
Synonyms: sense: specialized division of a university
word: department
word: faculty
word: 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-age
college-aged
collegebound
collegeboy
College City
College for Women
college-goer
collegegoer
collegeless
collegelike
collegemate
College of Cardinals
College Park
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
university