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colégio.

college, school

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/koˈlɛ.ʒju/Brazil/kuˈlɛ.ʒju/Portugal

  1. college, school

    masculine

  2. campus (private non-higher education establishment)

    masculine

  3. campus (private non-higher education establishment) set of members of one of these establishments

    masculine

  4. peer association

    masculine

  5. corporation of people with equal rank or dignity

    masculine

  6. branch of national corporate organization that groups individuals who, in the context of a given profession, exercise a certain specialty

    masculine

  7. set of individuals who belong to a constituency

    masculine

  8. convent or religious institute dedicated to teaching

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin collēgiumlbor. Portuguese colégio Learned borrowing from Latin collēgium.

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