faculte
See also: faculté
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French faculte, from Latin facultās, a variant of facilitās.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈkulteː/
Noun
faculte (plural facultes)
- Power, skill, capability, capacity; the amount which someone is capable of.
- A domain or area of learning or study; a science or art.
- Goods or effects; that which one owns or holds to be of value.
- (rare) A division or department of a tertiary institution or the people working within it.
- (rare) Softness or lack of firmness while touching.
References
- “facultē, -tī (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-31.
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