colegial
Portuguese, adjective/ko.le.ʒiˈaw/
colegial is spelled C-O-L-E-G-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colegial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “collegiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao colégio”.
What does colegial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecollegiate
- 2
femininemasculineuniversity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao colégio
noun: 1. ensino médio 2. universidade, faculdade 3. espécie de ave da família Tyrannidae; seu nome científico é Lessonia rufa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colegial
- colegiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colegial?
- Brazil /ko.le.ʒiˈaw/
- Brazil [ko.le.ʒiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ko.leˈʒjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colegial in Portuguese?
colegial appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).