academie

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See also: académie

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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

  1. academy

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch academie (academy).

Noun

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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

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

Romanian

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academie

Etymology

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

Noun

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academie f (plural academii)

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

Declension

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