colégio

See also: colegio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.u/ [koˈlɛ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.u/ [koˈlɛ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.o/ [koˈlɛ.ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈlɛ.ʒju/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɔ.ˈlɛ.ʒju/
• Rhymes: -ɛʒiu, -ɛʒju
• Hyphenation: co‧lé‧gi‧o

Noun

colégio m (plural colégios)

1. college, school
2. campus (private non-higher education establishment)
   1. set of members of one of these establishments
3. peer association
4. corporation of people with equal rank or dignity (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
5. branch of national corporate organization that groups individuals who, in the context of a given profession, exercise a certain specialty (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
6. set of individuals who belong to a constituency (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
7. (obsolete) convent or religious institute dedicated to teaching