adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
collegial
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Ruled by bishops having equal power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- collegiate living
- collegiate attitudes
- collegiate clothes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collegiate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues- Merle Fainsod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- collegial harmony
- a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management
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History
Etymology
From Middle English collegial, from Middle French collégial.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: col·legial — of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- Finnish: kollegiaalinen — of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- German: kollegial — of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- Indonesian: kolegial — of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- Polish: kolegialny — of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- Catalan: col·legial — Roman Catholic Church: ruled by bishops having equal power
- Finnish: kollegiaalinen — Roman Catholic Church: ruled by bishops having equal power
- Middle English: collegial — Roman Catholic Church: ruled by bishops having equal power
- Catalan: col·legial — of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- Czech: kolejní — of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- Finnish: kollegiaalinen — of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- Spanish: colegial — of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- Welsh: colegaidd — of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- Catalan: col·legial — adhering to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues
- Czech: kolegiální — adhering to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues
- Finnish: kollegiaalinen — adhering to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues
- German: kollegial — adhering to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues
- Indonesian: kolegial — adhering to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues