κολέγιο
Greek
Alternative forms
- κολλέγιο (kollégio)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from English college, from Latin collēgium, with -ιο ending (as in ancient -ιον (-ion) and Latin -ium).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈle.ʝi.o/
- Hyphenation: κο‧λέ‧γι‧ο
Noun
κολέγιο • (kolégio) n (plural κολέγια)
- (education) college
- (ironic) holiday camp (place where insufficient discipline and strictness prevail)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κολέγιο (kolégio) | κολέγια (kolégia) |
| genitive | κολεγίου (kolegíou) κολέγιου (kolégiou) |
κολεγίων (kolegíon) |
| accusative | κολέγιο (kolégio) | κολέγια (kolégia) |
| vocative | κολέγιο (kolégio) | κολέγια (kolégia) |
References
- ^ κολέγιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language