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Etymology
From Latin universitas, from universus, "all turned into one", from uni-, one, + versus, turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ju�nɪ�v��s�ti�/
audio|en-us-university.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|universities

1. Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some cases able to take younger students in exceptional cases) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

Synonyms
uni
academy
institute
college
school

Translations
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trans-top|institution of higher education
Arabic: ARchar|جا�عة|جا��ع�ة (já:mi�a) f
Armenian: Õ°Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Õ¬Õ½Õ¡Ö�Õ¡Õ¶ (hamalsaran)
Bosnian: univerzitet#Bosnian|univerzitet m
Catalan: universitat f
Chinese: 大學, 大学 (dàxué)
Croatian: sveu�ilište n, univerzitet#Croatian|univerzitet m
Czech: univerzita#Czech|univerzita f
Danish: universitet
Dutch: universiteit
Esperanto: universitato
Estonian: ülikool
Finnish: yliopisto
French: université f
German: Universität f, Hochschule f
Greek: �ανε�ι��ήμιο (panepistímio) n
Guarani: mbo'ehao guasu
Hebrew ��נ��רס��� (oniversita) f
Hungarian: egyetem
Indonesian: universitas
Interlingua: universitate
Irish: Ollscoil
Italian: università
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Japanese: 大学 (���� daigaku)
Korean: ��� (daehakgyo)
Kurdish: zanko f, zanîngeh f, KUchar|زا�ک�, KUchar|دا��شتگا
Latin: universitas f
Lithuanian: universitetas m
Persian: FAchar|دا�شگا� (daneshgah)
Polish: uniwersytet m
Portuguese: universidade f
Romanian: universitate f
Russian: �ниве��и�е� (universitét)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ниве�зи�е�#Serbian|�ниве�зи�е� m, �ве��или��е n
:Roman: univerzitet#Serbian|univerzitet m, sveu�ilište n
Slovak: univerzita f
Slovene: univerza f
Spanish: universidad f
Swedish: universitet n
Tagalog: pamantasan
Thai: THchar|มหาวิ�ยาลัย (máh�a wíttáyaalai)
Vietnamese: trư�ng �ại h�c
Welsh: prifysgol
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