academie

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.kaːˈdeː.mi/
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  • Hyphenation: aca‧de‧mie

Noun

academie f (plural academiën or academies, diminutive academietje n)

  1. academy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: akademie
  • Indonesian: akademi
  • Peranakan Indonesian: academie

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch academie (academy).

Noun

academie

  1. academy
    ...tapi dari satoe universiteit atawa academie boeat centralisatie dan kasi pimpinan dalem antero gerakan.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 84

Romanian

academie

Etymology

Borrowed from French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Noun

academie f (plural academii)

  1. academy (learned society)
  2. academy (place for study)

Declension

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