fac

See also: FAC and faç

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of facsimile.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

1. A large ornamental letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book.

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Etymology 2

Clipping of faculty.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

1. (colloquial) A faculty within a university.
   • 1973, Princeton Alumni Weekly (volume 74, page vii)

     Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack
     The whitest man in all the fac.
     Of Princeton spirit he does not lack

   • 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)

     I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.

Anagrams

• ACF, AFC, CAF, CFA, FCA, caf

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• facu

Etymology

From Latin faciō. Compare Romanian face, fac.

Verb

fac (third-person singular present indicative fatsi or fatse, second-person plural present indicative fãtsets, first-person singular imperfect fãtseam, past participle faptã)

1. I do, make.

Derived terms

• fãcãtor

Related terms

• fatsiri/fatsire, fãtseari/fãtseare
• faptu
• faptã

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French

Etymology

Clipping of faculté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

fac f (plural facs)

1. (informal, France) university

   Synonym: univ

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Ladin

Noun

fac

1. plural of fat

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Latin

Verb

fac

1. second-person singular present active imperative of faciō

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fak]

Verb

fac

1. first-person singular present indicative of face
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of face

   Doresc să fac ceva.

   I want to do something.

3. third-person plural present indicative of face