universiteit
See also: Universitéit
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch universiteit, from Middle Dutch universiteit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ynivɛrsiˈtəi̯t/
Audio: (file)
Noun
universiteit (plural universiteite)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch universiteit, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin ūniversitās.
Compare German Universität.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ni.vɛr.ziˈtɛi̯t/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧teit
Noun
universiteit f (plural universiteiten, diminutive universiteitje n)
- university, (university) college (especially in the United States)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- universitair
- universiteitsgebouw
- universiteitsraad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: universiteit
- Negerhollands: universitet
- → Indonesian: universiteit, universitet, universitit (dated)
- → Peranakan Indonesian: universiteit
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch universiteit (“university”), from Middle Dutch universiteit, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin ūniversitās. Cognate with German Universität.
Noun
universiteit (plural universiteit-universiteit)
- (education, dated) superseded spelling of universitas
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch universiteit (“university”), from Middle Dutch universiteit, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin ūniversitās.
Noun
universiteit
- (education) university
- ...tapi dari satoe universiteit atawa academie boeat centralisatie dan kasi pimpinan dalem antero gerakan.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 84