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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin collēgiālis.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.le.ʒiˈaw/ [ko.le.ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ko.leˈʒjaw/ [ko.leˈʒjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.lɨˈʒjal/ [ku.lɨˈʒjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.lɨˈʒja.li/

  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧gi‧al

Adjective

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colegial m or f (plural colegiais)

  1. collegiate
  2. (relational) university
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French collégial. By surface analysis, colegiu +‎ -al.

Adjective

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colegial m or n (feminine singular colegială, masculine plural colegiali, feminine and neuter plural colegiale)

  1. collegial

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin collēgiālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koleˈxjal/ [ko.leˈxjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: co‧le‧gial

Adjective

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colegial m or f (masculine and feminine plural colegiales)

  1. collegiate

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Noun

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colegial m (plural colegiales, feminine colegial or colegiala, feminine plural colegiales or colegialas)

  1. schoolboy
  2. resident of a colegio mayor
    • 2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País[1]:
      Las colegialas que dan la cara ante los medios, sin embargo, no se sintieron insultadas como su dirección cuando escucharon a los colegiales del Ahuja.
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Noun

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colegial m (plural colegiales)

  1. (Chile) austral negrito, Patagonian negrito
    Synonyms: negrito, negrito austral, sobrepuesto
  2. (Chile) bread pudding

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