κολέγιο

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

κολέγιο (kolégion (plural κολέγια)

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

Declension

Declension of κολέγιο
singular plural
nominative κολέγιο (kolégio) κολέγια (kolégia)
genitive κολεγίου (kolegíou)
κολέγιου (kolégiou)
κολεγίων (kolegíon)
accusative κολέγιο (kolégio) κολέγια (kolégia)
vocative κολέγιο (kolégio) κολέγια (kolégia)

References

  1. ^ κολέγιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language