kolehiyo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
  • IPA(key): /koleˈhio/

Noun

kolehiyo

  1. college

See also


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

  1. a college; an institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
  2. a specialized division of a university
  3. (by extension) a university

Etymology 2

From Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya.

Noun

kolehiyo

  1. (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)

  1. a college; an institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
    Synonym: dalubhasaan
  2. a specialized division of a university
  3. (by extension) a university
    Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad
  4. (obsolete) secondary school
    Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul

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