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)

1. academy

   Synonym: académie

2. junior high school

   Synonym: (Switzerland) cycle

3. (Switzerland) high school, secondary school

   Synonym: école secondaire

4. (Louisiana, Missouri) college, university

   Synonym: université

Coordinate terms

• lycée (“high school, secondary school”)

Derived terms

• collège électoral
• collégien

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)

1. Alternative form of college

Norman

Etymology

From Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Noun

collège m (plural collèges)

1. (Jersey) college

Derived terms

• collégien (“college boy”)