College in Different Languages
Discover 'College' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
College
Afrikaans kollege | ||
Albanian kolegj | ||
Amharic ኮሌጅ | ||
Arabic كلية | ||
Armenian քոլեջ | ||
Assamese মহাবিদ্যালয় | ||
Aymara masi | ||
Azerbaijani kollec | ||
Bambara kolɛzi | ||
Basque unibertsitatea | ||
Belarusian каледж | ||
Bengali কলেজ | ||
Bhojpuri कालेज | ||
Bosnian koledž | ||
Bulgarian колеж | ||
Catalan universitat | ||
Cebuano kolehiyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学院 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學院 | ||
Corsican liceu | ||
Croatian koledž | ||
Czech vysoká škola | ||
Danish kollegium | ||
Dhivehi ކޮލެޖް | ||
Dogri कालेज | ||
Dutch college | ||
English college | ||
Esperanto kolegio | ||
Estonian kolledž | ||
Ewe kɔledzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kolehiyo | ||
Finnish college | ||
French université | ||
Frisian universiteit | ||
Galician universidade | ||
Georgian კოლეჯი | ||
German hochschule | ||
Greek κολλέγιο | ||
Guarani mbo'ehaovusu | ||
Gujarati ક collegeલેજ | ||
Haitian Creole kolèj | ||
Hausa kwaleji | ||
Hawaiian kulanui | ||
Hebrew מִכלָלָה | ||
Hindi कॉलेज | ||
Hmong tsev kawm ntawv qib siab | ||
Hungarian főiskola | ||
Icelandic háskóli | ||
Igbo kọleji | ||
Ilocano kolehiyo | ||
Indonesian perguruan tinggi | ||
Irish coláiste | ||
Italian università | ||
Japanese カレッジ | ||
Javanese kuliah | ||
Kannada ಕಾಲೇಜು | ||
Kazakh колледж | ||
Khmer មហាវិទ្យាល័យ | ||
Kinyarwanda kaminuza | ||
Konkani म्हाविद्यालय | ||
Korean 칼리지 | ||
Krio kɔlɛj | ||
Kurdish zanko | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆلێژ | ||
Kyrgyz колледж | ||
Lao ວິທະຍາໄລ | ||
Latin collegium | ||
Latvian koledža | ||
Lingala eteyelo | ||
Lithuanian kolegija | ||
Luganda ettendekero | ||
Luxembourgish fachhéichschoul | ||
Macedonian колеџ | ||
Maithili महाविद्यालय | ||
Malagasy ambaratonga ambony | ||
Malay kolej | ||
Malayalam കോളേജ് | ||
Maltese kulleġġ | ||
Maori kāreti | ||
Marathi कॉलेज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯣꯂꯦꯖ | ||
Mizo zirna in | ||
Mongolian коллеж | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကောလိပ် | ||
Nepali कलेज | ||
Norwegian høyskole | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) koleji | ||
Odia (Oriya) କଲେଜ | ||
Oromo koolleejjii | ||
Pashto کالج | ||
Persian دانشکده | ||
Polish szkoła wyższa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) faculdade | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਲਜ | ||
Quechua hatun yachay wasi | ||
Romanian colegiu | ||
Russian колледж | ||
Samoan kolisi | ||
Sanskrit महाविद्यालयं | ||
Scots Gaelic colaiste | ||
Sepedi kholetšhe | ||
Serbian колеџ | ||
Sesotho k'holejeng | ||
Shona koreji | ||
Sindhi ڪاليج | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විදුහල | ||
Slovak vysoká škola | ||
Slovenian kolidž | ||
Somali kulleejo | ||
Spanish universidad | ||
Sundanese kuliah | ||
Swahili chuo kikuu | ||
Swedish högskola | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kolehiyo | ||
Tajik коллеҷ | ||
Tamil கல்லூரி | ||
Tatar колледж | ||
Telugu కళాశాల | ||
Thai วิทยาลัย | ||
Tigrinya ኮሌጅ | ||
Tsonga kholichi | ||
Turkish kolej | ||
Turkmen kollej | ||
Twi (Akan) kolegyi | ||
Ukrainian коледж | ||
Urdu کالج | ||
Uyghur ئالىي مەكتەپ | ||
Uzbek kollej | ||
Vietnamese trường đại học | ||
Welsh coleg | ||
Xhosa kwikholeji | ||
Yiddish קאָלעדזש | ||
Yoruba kọlẹji | ||
Zulu ikolishi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'kollege' is derived from the Dutch word 'college', which originally meant a meeting or gathering. |
| Albanian | The word 'kolegj' in Albanian derives from the Latin word 'collegium', meaning 'a body of persons united for a common purpose' or 'a group of colleagues'. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word 'ኮሌጅ' ('college') is derived from the French 'collège', which was in turn derived from the Medieval Latin word meaning 'a body associated with a church or a monastic order' |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "كلية" (college) also means "faculty" or "department" in an academic institution. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "քոլեջ" ultimately derives from the Latin word "collegium", meaning "a group of colleagues". |
| Azerbaijani | 'Kollec' derives from the French 'collège', meaning 'group, community, or guild'. |
| Basque | The Basque word for 'college', "unibertsitatea", is a compound word formed from "univertso", meaning 'universe' and "tatea", meaning 'place' which when put together refers to the place where many things are found and learned. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "каледж" can also refer to a type of secondary school that provides vocational training. |
| Bengali | In Indian English, "college" may refer to either a higher secondary school or a higher education institution (university), while in Bangladeshi English, it denotes the latter. |
| Bosnian | The word "koledž" in Bosnian originates from the Latin word "collegium", meaning "group of colleagues" or "society." |
| Bulgarian | The word "колеж" in Bulgarian is derived from the French word "collège", which means "secondary school" or "university." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "universitat" derives from the Latin word "universitas", meaning "a community" or "a corporation". |
| Cebuano | "Kolehiyo" is derived from the Spanish "colegio" meaning "a school or institution of higher learning". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 学院 also means 'academy', 'institute', 'conservatory', and 'school'. In ancient China, a college was the equivalent of a modern university. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 學院 (xué yuàn) refers to an educational institution, but originally meant an academic community or group of scholars. |
| Corsican | The word "liceu" in Corsican means "high school" and comes from the Latin word "lyceum," which means "place of learning." |
| Croatian | College derives from the Latin word |
| Czech | Vysoká škola" comes from the word "vyska", meaning height, and the word "škola", meaning school. It was originally used to refer to higher education institutions that provided a more advanced level of study than lower-level schools. |
| Danish | In Danish, "kollegium" is also a collective term for a group of teachers or scholars affiliated with a university or other academic institution. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "college" can also refer to a board or committee, especially one that advises a government or organization. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kolegio" is derived from the Latin word "collegium", which means "a group of persons associated for a common purpose". It can also refer to a boarding school or a university. |
| Estonian | The word "kolledž" is derived from the Latin "collegium", meaning "a body of colleagues" or "a group of associates". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "college" can also refer to a certain level of education (roughly equivalent to a bachelor's degree). |
| French | The French word "Université" derives from the Latin "universitas", meaning "a whole" or "a body of people". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "Universiteit" is borrowed from Latin and French, where it means "community". |
| Galician | The word "universidade" in Galician comes from the Latin word "universitas", which originally meant a guild or corporation. |
| Georgian | The word "კოლეჯი" ultimately derives from the Latin word "collegium", meaning a group of people united by a common purpose. |
| German | The word "Hochschule" is derived from the Middle High German words "hôch" (high) and "schule" (school), and has the broader meaning of "Institution of Higher Education." |
| Greek | In Greek, "Κολλέγιο" can also refer to an institution of higher education, typically offering undergraduate or graduate programs and typically associated with a university. |
| Gujarati | The word 'ક collegeલેજ' in Gujarati originates from the Latin word 'collegium', which referred to a group of people with a common purpose, including educational institutions. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kolèj" comes from the French word "collège", which originally meant "a community of scholars living together". |
| Hausa | The word "kwaleji" in Hausa derives from the Arabic word "kulliyya," which means "a faculty or department of a university." |
| Hawaiian | The word "kulanui" also means "many birds" in Hawaiian, reflecting the large number of students who attend college. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מִכלָלָה" (college) is derived from the root "כלל" (comprehensive), and can also mean "institute" or "academy". |
| Hindi | The word "कॉलेज" (college) originates from the Latin word "collegium", meaning "a body of colleagues" or "a society of persons". |
| Hungarian | The word "főiskola" (college) originates from the German word "Hauptschule" (main school). |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "háskóli" derives from the Old Norse word "háskóli", meaning "high school" or "higher education institution". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "kọleji" can also refer to a group of people who share a common goal or interest. |
| Indonesian | "Perguruan tinggi" is the Indonesian word for "college" or "university," and it literally means "high learning place". |
| Irish | The word "Coláiste" is derived from the Latin word "Collegium", meaning "a community or society." |
| Italian | Università derives from the Latin 'universitas', meaning 'whole', 'group', or 'corporation'. |
| Japanese | カレッジ is the Japanese transcription of the English word "college", but it can also refer to a private high school or preparatory school, especially those emphasizing college entrance preparation. |
| Javanese | In Indonesian and Malay, the term also refers to a meeting or assembly, and the word has roots in Sanskrit, where its original form denoted group discussion. |
| Kannada | ಕಾಲೇಜು is derived from the Latin word 'collegium', meaning 'a body of colleagues' or 'a group of persons associated for a common purpose'. |
| Kazakh | The word "колледж" also means "lyceum" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word “mរុ⁄ង᠋•ន⁄បៃ•ត•” is derived from the Sanskrit word “mमहाविद्” meaning “great seat of learning” or “university”. |
| Korean | 한글 '칼리지'는 영어 'college'에서 유래했으며 원래는 사찰이나 교회 부설 학교를 의미했습니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "zanko" is derived from the Persian word "zanj", meaning "school" or "university". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "колледж" also means "secondary vocational school" or "vocational school". |
| Latin | In ancient Rome, collegium was a corporate body, a guild of priests or other professionals, or a group of officials. |
| Latvian | "Koledža" also denotes "college of higher education" or "teacher training institute" |
| Lithuanian | The word "kolegija" is derived from the Latin word "collegium", which originally meant a group of people united by a common purpose or profession. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "колеџ" is derived from the Latin word "collegium", which means "a body of colleagues" or "a society". In English, "college" has additional meanings, such as a constituent unit of a university or a place of residence for students. |
| Malagasy | The word "ambaratonga ambony" literally means "high house" in Malagasy, reflecting the concept of higher education being taught in a central location. |
| Malay | The word "kolej" in Malay is derived from the Tamil word "kōḻi" meaning "hall". It can also refer to a university or a residential hall for students. |
| Malayalam | The word "കോളേജ്" (college) comes from the Latin word "collegium", meaning "a group of colleagues". |
| Maltese | The Maltese "kulleġġ" comes from the Italian "collegio", but also means "school" in Maltese. |
| Maori | In Ngāpuhi, 'kāreti' also means 'to teach' or 'to show', while in K'te, 'kā' means 'to be at' and 'reti' means 'a meeting' or 'a council'. |
| Marathi | The word "कॉलेज" in Marathi can also refer to a group of people with similar interests or a team of musicians. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "коллеж" derives from the French word "collège" and can also refer to a school or an educational institution. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ကောလိပ်" (college) in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the English word "college" and has the same meaning in both languages |
| Nepali | The word 'कलेज' (college) in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कला' (kala), meaning 'art' or 'skill'. It initially referred to educational institutions specializing in arts and crafts. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "høyskole" originally meant "high school" but now almost exclusively means "college". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "koleji" in Nyanja (Chichewa) comes from the English word "college" and can also mean "secondary school" or "boarding school". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "کالج" (college) also refers to a religious school or monastery. |
| Persian | The Persian word دانشگاه, which translates to |
| Polish | Szkoła Wyższa is also used to refer to a type of private higher education institution in Poland, similar to a university. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "faculdade" can refer to a university faculty or department, as well as a college or university degree. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਾਲਜ" (college) can also mean "a collection of related buildings or institutions". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "colegiu" can also refer to a type of high school that prepares students for higher education. |
| Russian | The Russian word "колледж" originally meant "council" or "board" and was borrowed from the Latin word "collegium." |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'kolisi' shares the same Polynesian root word for education as 'school' ('āoga') and means both 'education' and 'place of education'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "colaiste" derives from the Latin word "collegium", meaning "a gathering of people", or "a body of persons united for a common purpose." |
| Serbian | The word "колеџ" (college) in Serbian comes from the Latin word "collegium", which means "a body of colleagues". |
| Sesotho | The word "k'holejeng" is thought to be derived from a Sanskrit word for "temple" or "school". |
| Shona | The name 'koreji' comes from the Portuguese word 'colégio,' which means "educational institution." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | විදුහල is derived from Sanskrit and originally meant 'a place where knowledge is imparted'. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "vysoká škola" literally means "high school" but it is used for colleges and universities. |
| Slovenian | The word "kolidž" in Slovenian, derived from the French "collège", originally referred only to a high school, but its meaning has since expanded to encompass higher education institutions. |
| Somali | Kulleejo derives from the Arabic word "kulliyah," meaning "wholeness" or "totality," and refers to an institution of higher learning or a faculty within a university. |
| Spanish | 'Universidad' is derived from the Latin 'universitas', meaning 'a whole', or 'a corporation or guild'. |
| Sundanese | "Kuliah" in Sundanese also refers to a gathering for religious education or a group of students studying together outside of formal institutions. |
| Swahili | Chuo kikuu in Swahili means 'university' and is made up of 'chuo', which can mean 'institution of higher learning', and 'kikuu', which can mean 'great', 'large', or 'important'. |
| Swedish | "Högskola" comes from Old Norse "háskóli" meaning "high school", but in English the "high" was assumed to refer to education level. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "kolehiyo" comes from the Spanish word "colegio", which could mean various educational institutions, such as a grammar school, a high school or a college. |
| Tajik | The word "коллеҷ" comes from the Latin word "collegium", which means "a body of persons united for a common purpose." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கல்லூரி" (kalloori), like the Latin "collegium," originally referred not solely to institutions of higher learning, but a body associated for some common purpose. |
| Telugu | The word "కళాశాల" (college) in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "कालशाला" (workshop), indicating its original purpose as a place of learning and skill acquisition. |
| Thai | The word 'วิทยาลัย' (college) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'vidyalaya', meaning 'place of learning'. It can also refer to schools for specific disciplines, such as medical schools or law schools in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "kolej" in Turkish originates from the French word "collège" and initially referred to secondary schools, but now commonly refers to higher education institutions. |
| Ukrainian | The word "коледж" can also mean "secondary school" or "lyceum" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word کالج may also refer to other types of educational institutions or groups of people with shared interests. |
| Vietnamese | The word "trường đại học" can also mean "university" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Coleg derives from the Latin "collegium" and was used in ecclesiastical and musical contexts as well as in education |
| Xhosa | The word "kwikholeji" derives from the English word "college" and also means "school" or "university" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קאָלעדזש" (kolezsh) can also refer to the building where a yeshiva is located. |
| Yoruba | The word "kọlẹji" in Yoruba originally meant "a group of people who gather to learn or discuss". |
| Zulu | The word "ikolishi" originally meant "a place of learning" or "a school" in Zulu, but has since come to specifically mean "college". |
| English | College comes from the Latin 'collegium,' meaning a group or association, often with the purpose of education. |