Collegiant

/kəˈliːdʒənt/ noun

Definition

A very rare term referring to someone who is collegial or operates within a collegiate system; an alternative form of collegian.

Etymology

A variant form combining collegial with -ant (a person suffix seen in words like merchant, servant). This is an extremely archaic and rarely-used alternative to collegian, appearing primarily in older philosophical or institutional texts.

Kelly Says

Words like 'collegiant' are fossils in the English language—they were created following normal word-formation rules, but they lost out to simpler alternatives like 'collegian' and were mostly abandoned before anyone alive today was born!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰራተኛ
se-ra-te-nya
ARالعربية
زميل
zamiil
BNবাংলা
সহকর্মী
soh-kor-mee
CACatalà
col·leg
koh-legh
CSČeština
kolega
koh-leh-gah
DADansk
kollega
kol-leh-gah
DEDeutsch
Mitstreiter
mit-shtryt-er
ELΕλληνικά
συνεργάτης
soo-ner-gah-tis
ESEspañol
colaborador
koh-lah-bor-ah-dor
FAفارسی
همکار
ham-kar
FISuomi
kollega
kol-le-ga
FRFrançais
collégial
koh-le-zhee-al
GUGU
સહકર્મી
sa-ha-kar-mee
HAHA
ma'aikaci
ma-ai-ka-tsi
HEעברית
שותף
sho-tef
HIहिन्दी
सहकर्मी
sa-hkar-mee
HUMagyar
kollég
kol-leg
IDBahasa Indonesia
kolega
koh-leh-gah
IGIG
akara
ah-kar-ah
ITItaliano
colleague
kol-leeg
JA日本語
同僚
どうりょう
KKKK
бірлестік
bir-le-stik
KMKM
ប្រព័ន្ធ
pra-pov-an
KO한국어
동료
dong-yo
MRMR
सहकारी
sa-ha-ka-ree
MSBahasa Melayu
rakan kerja
ra-kan ker-ja
MYမြန်မာ
အသင်းသူ
a-shin-thu
NLNederlands
collega
kol-lee-ga
NONorsk
kollega
kol-leh-gah
PAPA
ਸਾਥੀ
sa-thee
PLPolski
kolega
koh-leh-gah
PTPortuguês
colegial
koh-leh-zhee-al
RORomână
coleg
koh-legh
RUРусский
коллега
kollega
SVSvenska
kollega
kol-leh-gah
SWKiswahili
mwenza
mwen-za
TAதமிழ்
ம đồng nghiệp
ma-dong-ngi-ep
TEతెలుగు
సహచరుడు
sa-ha-cha-ru-du
THไทย
เพื่อนร่วมงาน
phuen-roong-ngan
TLTL
kapareha
ka-pa-re-ha
TRTürkçe
takım arkadaşı
tak-im ar-ka-da-shi
UKУкраїнська
колега
koh-le-gah
URاردو
ساتھی
sa-thee
VITiếng Việt
đồng nghiệp
dong-nghiep
YOYO
akọ̀ọ̀
a-ko-o
ZH中文
同事
tóngshì
ZUZU
umsebenzi
oom-se-ben-zi

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