Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collegian

/kəˈliː.dʒən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: col-le-gian
IPA: /kəˈliː.dʒən/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student (or a former student) of a college

noun

An inmate of a prison.

Slang

adj

Of or relating to a college or its students.

Example Sentences

"She then remembered that her own early bearing towards him had been haughty, and indifferent; that she had sneered at the young collegian's shyness; and now thought with "the late remorse of love," how unlike to this had been Ethel's gentle kindness."
"While it [the wind] roared through the steeple of St George’s Church, and twirled all the cowls in the neighbourhood, it made a swoop to beat the Southwark smoke into the jail; and, plunging down the chimneys of the few early collegians who were yet lighting their fires, half suffocated them."

Etymology

From Middle English collegian, from Medieval Latin collēgiānus.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: collegian, collēgiānus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈliː.dʒən/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

collegians (plural) more collegian (comparative) most collegian (superlative)

Derived Forms

noncollegian

Antonyms

uncollegian

Rhymes With

region norwegian legion

Questions

How do you pronounce collegian?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈliː.dʒən/.
What does collegian mean?: A student (or a former student) of a college
Where does collegian come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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