collège

French

noun

Definitions

academy
junior high school
(Switzerland) high school, secondary school
(Louisiana French) college, university

Etymology

Derived from Old French college derived from Latin collegium.

Origin

Latin

collegium

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

college English
collegium Latin
collēga Latin
collēgium Latin
kollégium Hungarian
college Dutch, Flemish
kollegium Swedish
kolegium Polish
college Middle English
college Old French
collège Norman
coláisde Middle Irish
kolèj Haitian, Haitian Creole