kolehiyo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
  • IPA(key): /koleˈhijo/

Noun

koléhiyo

  1. college
    Synonym: unibersidad

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya. The sense "college" is a semantic loan from English college, introduced during the American colonial era.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koleˈhijo/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo

Noun

kolehiyo

  1. (obsolete or historical) school, especially an elementary school, during the Spanish colonial era
  2. college

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kolehiyo.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium. The sense “college” is a semantic loan from English college.

Pronunciation

Noun

koléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. college
    Synonym: dalubhasaan
  2. (by extension) university
    Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad
  3. (obsolete) secondary school
    Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul

Further reading

  • “kolehiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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