kolej

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɛj]

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• Hyphenation: ko‧lej

Inherited from Old Czech kolejě, from Proto-Slavic *kolěja.

kolej f

1. rut, track, groove
2. railway track

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

kolej f

1. hall of residence

• “kolej”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kolej”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kolej”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

• kolij, koli (Middle Polish)
• koleja (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Polish koleja, with an unexpected loss of -a.

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛj
• Syllabification: ko‧lej

kolej f (related adjective kolejowy)

1. (countable) rail, railway (transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods)

   Synonyms: kolej żelazna, droga żelazna

2. (countable) rail, railway (enterprise dealing with rail transportation)

   Polskie Koleje Państwowe ― Polish State Railways

3. (countable) train (vehicle that moves on rails)

   Synonym: pociąg

4. (countable) rail (route designated by tracks)
5. (countable) rail, railway (wagons or lifts placed on a rope or tracks that lead to a mountain peak)
6. (uncountable) turn (appropriate time for a person to take an action i.e. in a game) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for whom/what’]

   Near-synonym: pora

   Jest twoja kolej. ― It's your turn.

7. (chiefly in the plural) order (natural sequence of events)

   Near-synonym: następstwo

8. (countable, obsolete) rut (furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground)

   Synonym: koleina

9. (countable, obsolete) hairdo (particular way in which one places their hair)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kolej is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 33 times in scientific texts, 29 times in news, 18 times in essays, 26 times in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 112 times, making it the 548th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• kolej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kolej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kolej”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “KOLEJ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.12.2010
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kolej”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 398

Borrowed from French collège.

• IPA^(key): [koleʒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧lej

kolej (definite accusative koleji, plural kolejler)

1. (art) college

Inflection
Nominative	kolej
Definite accusative	koleji
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kolej	kolejler
Definite accusative	koleji	kolejleri
Dative	koleje	kolejlere
Locative	kolejde	kolejlerde
Ablative	kolejden	kolejlerden
Genitive	kolejin	kolejlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kolejim kolejlerim 2nd singular kolejin kolejlerin 3rd singular koleji kolejleri 1st plural kolejimiz kolejlerimiz 2nd plural kolejiniz kolejleriniz 3rd plural kolejleri kolejleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kolejimi kolejlerimi 2nd singular kolejini kolejlerini 3rd singular kolejini kolejlerini 1st plural kolejimizi kolejlerimizi 2nd plural kolejinizi kolejlerinizi 3rd plural kolejlerini kolejlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kolejime kolejlerime 2nd singular kolejine kolejlerine 3rd singular kolejine kolejlerine 1st plural kolejimize kolejlerimize 2nd plural kolejinize kolejlerinize 3rd plural kolejlerine kolejlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kolejimde kolejlerimde 2nd singular kolejinde kolejlerinde 3rd singular kolejinde kolejlerinde 1st plural kolejimizde kolejlerimizde 2nd plural kolejinizde kolejlerinizde 3rd plural kolejlerinde kolejlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kolejimden kolejlerimden 2nd singular kolejinden kolejlerinden 3rd singular kolejinden kolejlerinden 1st plural kolejimizden kolejlerimizden 2nd plural kolejinizden kolejlerinizden 3rd plural kolejlerinden kolejlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kolejimin kolejlerimin 2nd singular kolejinin kolejlerinin 3rd singular kolejinin kolejlerinin 1st plural kolejimizin kolejlerimizin 2nd plural kolejinizin kolejlerinizin 3rd plural kolejlerinin kolejlerinin

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