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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collegiate

/kəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
col-le-giate
IPA
/kəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.

adj

Of or relating to a collegium.

noun

A high school.

Canadian usage

noun

A member of a college, a collegian; someone who has received a college education.

Obsolete

noun

A fellow-collegian; a colleague.

Obsolete

noun

An inmate of a prison.

Slang

noun

Ellipsis of collegiate dictionary.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English collegiate, from Medieval Latin collēgiātus (“colleague”), from collēgium (“community, group”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: collegiate, collēgiātus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more collegiate (comparative) most collegiate (superlative) collegiates (plural)

Derived Forms

collegiately collegiateness extracollegiate intercollegiate intracollegiate multicollegiate noncollegiate postcollegiate precollegiate pseudocollegiate semicollegiate subcollegiate

Phrases

collegiate church

Frequently Paired Words

learner's unabridged

Synonyms

collegial

Questions

How do you pronounce collegiate?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət/.
What does collegiate mean?
Of, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
Where does collegiate come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce collegiate

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