collège
French, noun/kɔ.lɛʒ/
collège is a French masculine noun meaning “academy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chez les Romains, corporation”.
What does collège mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacademy
- 2
masculinejunior high school
- 3
Switzerlandmasculinehigh school, secondary school
- 4
masculinecollege, university
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chez les Romains, corporation. 2. Corps ou compagnies de personnes revêtues d’une même dignité. 3. Instance de direction collective. 4. Établissement universitaire de l’ancien régime.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of collège
- collèges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce collège?
- /kɔ.lɛʒ/
- \kɔ.lɛʒ\
- [ɛ̃ kɔ.lɛʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to collège
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is collège in French?
collège appears 49 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).