academy
//əˈkæd.ə.mi//
Forms
- Plural
- academies
Definitions
1.An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
2.A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
3.A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
4.Academia.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2474
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der.
Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader.
Middle English Achademia
English academy