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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collēgium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒjo/
Noun
colégio m (plural colégios)
- college, school
- campus (private non-higher education establishment)
- set of members of one of these establishments
- peer association
- corporation of people with equal rank or dignity (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- branch of national corporate organization that groups individuals who, in the context of a given profession, exercise a certain specialty (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- set of individuals who belong to a constituency (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (obsolete) convent or religious institute dedicated to teaching