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From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).

From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: institutu — organization founded to promote a cause
• Belarusian: інстыту́т (instytút) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Belarusian: устано́ва (ustanóva) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Bulgarian: институ́т (institút) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Bulgarian: учрежде́ние (učreždénie) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Bulgarian: организа́ция (organizácija) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Catalan: institut — organization founded to promote a cause
• Coptic: ⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ (sōouh) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Finnish: instituutti — organization founded to promote a cause
• French: institut — organization founded to promote a cause
• Galician: instituto — organization founded to promote a cause
• Haitian Creole: enstiti — organization founded to promote a cause
• Hebrew: מוסד (mosád) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Hindi: संस्थान (sansthān) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Hungarian: intézet — organization founded to promote a cause
• Indonesian: institut — organization founded to promote a cause
• Japanese: 大学 (daigaku) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Japanese: 機関 (kikan) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Lithuanian: institutas — organization founded to promote a cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: institutt — organization founded to promote a cause
• Norwegian Nynorsk: institutt — organization founded to promote a cause
• Old English: asetnes — organization founded to promote a cause
• Old English: insetnes — organization founded to promote a cause
• Persian: انستیتو (anstitu) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Polish: instytut — organization founded to promote a cause
• Romanian: institut — organization founded to promote a cause
• Russian: институ́т (institút) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Russian: учрежде́ние (učreždénije) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Russian: заведе́ние (zavedénije) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Scottish Gaelic: stèidheachadh — organization founded to promote a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: завод — organization founded to promote a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: zavod — organization founded to promote a cause
• Spanish: instituto — organization founded to promote a cause
• Thai: สถาบัน (sà-tǎa-ban) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Turkish: enstitü — organization founded to promote a cause
• Ukrainian: інститу́т (instytút) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Ukrainian: устано́ва (ustanóva) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Vietnamese: viện — organization founded to promote a cause
• Welsh: sefydliad — organization founded to promote a cause
• Yiddish: אינסטיטוט (institut) — organization founded to promote a cause
• Albanian: institut — college
• Arabic: مَعْهَد (maʕhad) — college
• Armenian: ինստիտուտ (institut) — college
• Azerbaijani: institut — college
• Belarusian: інстыту́т (instytút) — college
• Bulgarian: институ́т (institút) — college
• Catalan: institut — college
• Chinese Mandarin: 學院 /学院 (xuéyuàn) — college
• Czech: ústav — college
• Danish: institut — college
• Dutch: instituut — college
• Estonian: instituut — college
• Finnish: ammattikorkeakoulu — college
• Finnish: opisto — college
• Finnish: instituutti — college
• French: institut — college
• Georgian: ინსტიტუტი (insṭiṭuṭi) — college
• German: Institut — college
• Greek: ινστιτούτο (institoúto) — college
• Hebrew: מכון (makhón) — college
• Hungarian: intézet — college
• Indonesian: institut — college
• Italian: istituto — college
• Japanese: 大学 (daigaku) — college
• Japanese: 学院 (gakuin) — college
• Kazakh: институт (institut) — college
• Korean: 학원 (hagwon) — college
• Kyrgyz: институт (institut) — college
• Latvian: institūts — college
• Lithuanian: institutas — college
• Macedonian: институт (institut) — college
• Malay: institut — college
• Mongolian: институт (institut) — college
• Norwegian Bokmål: institutt — college
• Persian: انستیتو (anstitu) — college
• Polish: instytut — college
• Portuguese: instituto — college
• Romanian: institut — college
• Russian: институ́т (institút) — college
• Serbo-Croatian: институт — college
• Serbo-Croatian: institut — college
• Slovak: ústav — college
• Slovene: inštitút — college
• Spanish: instituto — college
• Swedish: institut — college
• Tajik: институт (institut) — college
• Turkish: enstitü — college
• Turkmen: institut — college
• Ukrainian: інститу́т (instytút) — college
• Uzbek: institut — college
• Vietnamese: học viện — college
• Welsh: athrofa — college
• Yiddish: אינסטיטוט (institut) — college
• Finnish: ammattikorkeakoulu — building
• Finnish: opisto — building
• Finnish: instituutti — building
• Italian: istituto — building
• Polish: instytut — building
• Welsh: institiwt — building
• Welsh: stiwt — building
• Arabic: أنشأ — to begin or initiate something
• Bulgarian: учредявам (učredjavam) — to begin or initiate something
• Bulgarian: основавам (osnovavam) — to begin or initiate something
• Catalan: instituir — to begin or initiate something
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhentsi — to begin or initiate something
• Finnish: perustaa — to begin or initiate something
• Finnish: panna alulle — to begin or initiate something
• Finnish: panna toimeen — to begin or initiate something
• Finnish: käynnistää — to begin or initiate something
• French: instituer — to begin or initiate something
• French: fonder — to begin or initiate something
• French: lancer — to begin or initiate something
• German: instituieren — to begin or initiate something
• German: initiieren — to begin or initiate something
• German: einführen — to begin or initiate something
• Hebrew: ייסד (yiséd) — to begin or initiate something
• Italian: istituire — to begin or initiate something
• Māori: whakakaupapa — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: ustanawiać — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: ustanowić — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: wszczynać — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: wszcząć — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: wprowadzać — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: wprowadzić — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: zakładać — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: założyć — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: tworzyć — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: stworzyć — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: powoływać — to begin or initiate something
• Polish: powołać — to begin or initiate something
• Russian: инициировать (iniciirovatʹ) — to begin or initiate something
• Spanish: instituir — to begin or initiate something
• Swedish: inrätta — to begin or initiate something