uczelnia

See also: uczelnią

Polish

Etymology

From uczyć +‎ -elnia.[1][2] First attested in 1772.[3]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /uˈt͡ʂɛl.ɲa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlɲa
  • Syllabification: u‧czel‧nia

Noun

uczelnia f (related adjective uczelniany)

  1. (education) school, academy, college, university (institution of higher education)
    Synonym: szkoła wyższa
    Hypernym: szkoła
    1. school, academy, college, university (building of such an institution)
    2. school, academy, college, university (people studying at such an institution)
    3. school, academy, college, university (studies at such an institution)

Declension

Derived terms

verbs
  • zostać na uczelni pf, zostawać na uczelni impf

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “uczyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “uczyć”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Michal Abraham Troc (1772) “uczelnia”, in Nouveau dictionnaire francois, allemand et polonois (etc.) (in Polish), Johann Friedrich Gleditsch

Further reading