universiteit

See also: Universitéit

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch universiteit, from Middle Dutch universiteit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ynivɛrsiˈtəi̯t/
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Noun

universiteit (plural universiteite)

  1. university

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)

  1. university, (university) college (especially in the United States)

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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)

  1. (education, dated) superseded spelling of universitas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

  1. (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

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 84