kolehiyo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
  • IPA(key): /koleˈhio/

Noun

kolehiyo

  1. college

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya. The sense "college" is a semantic loan from English college, introduced during the American colonial era.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koleˈhio/, [kʊ.l̪ɪˈhi.ʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo

Noun

kolehiyo

  1. (obsolete or historical) school, especially an elementary school, during the Spanish colonial era
  2. college

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kolehiyo.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. The sense "college" is a semantic loan from English college, introduced by Eusebio T. Daluz in 1915[1].

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
  • IPA(key): /koˈlehio/, [koˈlɛ.hɪ.jo]

Noun

koléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. college
    Synonym: dalubhasaan
  2. (by extension) university
    Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad
  3. (obsolete) secondary school
    Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul

References
  1. Eusebio T. Daluz (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars ‎, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 4: “Kolegiyo. College.”.

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