Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from English college, from Latin collēgium, with -ιο ending (as in ancient -ιον (-ion) and Latin -ium).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /koˈle.ʝi.o/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧λέ‧γι‧ο

Noun edit

κολέγιο (kolégion (plural κολέγια)

  1. (education) college
  2. (ironic) holiday camp (place where insufficient discipline and strictness prevail)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ κολέγιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998