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colegiu
college (a school for secondary or higher education) /koˈledʒju/
noun#1875 most common
Also: academy, board of colleagues (rare, formal sense)
Example sentences
Ea merge la colegiu.
She goes to college.
Colegiul este aproape de casă.
The college is near home.
Am terminat colegiul anul trecut.
I finished college last year.
Colegiul Național este una dintre cele mai vechi școli din oraș.
The National College is one of the oldest schools in the city.
Profesorii de la colegiu au organizat o conferință despre reforma educațională.
The teachers at the college organized a conference on educational reform.
Deși colegiul i-a oferit o bursă completă, a decis să studieze în străinătate.
Although the college offered him a full scholarship, he decided to study abroad.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colegiul | colegiile |
| Genitive | colegiului | colegiilor |
| Accusative | colegiul | colegiile |
| Vocative | colegiul | colegiile |
Word family
colegmale colleague or classmatecolegăfemale colleague or classmate
colegialcollegial, of colleagues
colegialitatecollegiality
Etymology
Colegiu entered Romanian in the 19th century, borrowed from French collège, itself from Latin collegium, a body of people joined by common duty. The Latin word combines the prefix com- (together) with legere, to choose or gather. Romanian adopted the word as part of a broad wave of French-influenced educational vocabulary.
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