academie

See also: académie

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.kaːˈdeː.mi/
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  • Hyphenation: aca‧de‧mie

Noun

academie f (plural academiën or academies, diminutive academietje n)

  1. academy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: akademie
  • Indonesian: akademi
  • Peranakan Indonesian: academie

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch academie (academy).

Noun

academie

  1. academy
    ...tapi dari satoe universiteit atawa academie boeat centralisatie dan kasi pimpinan dalem antero gerakan.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 84

Romanian

academie

Etymology

Borrowed from French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Noun

academie f (plural academii)

  1. academy (learned society)
  2. academy (place for study)

Declension

Further reading

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