universidad

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish universidat, borrowed from Medieval Latin universitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unibeɾsiˈdad/ [u.ni.β̞eɾ.siˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧dad

Noun

universidad f (plural universidades)

1. college
2. university

Related terms

• universitario
• universo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: unibersidad
• → Tagalog: unibersidad

Further reading

• “universidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28