collège

See also: college

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French college, from Old French college, borrowed from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɛʒ/
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Noun

collège m (plural collèges)

academy
Synonym: académie
junior high school
Synonym: (Switzerland) cycle
(Switzerland) high school, secondary school
Synonym: école secondaire
(Louisiana) college, university
Synonym: université

Coordinate terms

lycée (“high school, secondary school”)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Turkish: kolej

References

“collège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

collège m (plural collèges)

Alternative form of college

Norman

Etymology

From Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Noun

collège m (plural collèges)

(Jersey) college

Derived terms

collégien (“college boy”)

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