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faculté

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See also: faculte

French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin facultātem. Doublet of facilité.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faculté f (plural facultés)

  1. capacity; ability
  2. faculty
  3. (archaic) financial resources; assets; property
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 4:
      Pour l'entretien de la force publique, et pour les dépenses d'administration, une contribution commune est indispensable; elle doit être également répartie entre les citoyens, en raison de leurs facultés.
      For the maintenance of the public force, and for the expenses of the administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed among the citizens, with regard to their faculties.
  4. department (of a university)
  5. (by extension) a university

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Persian: فاکولته (fâkulte)

Further reading

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Middle French

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Noun

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faculté f (plural facultez)

  1. capacity; ability; faculty

Spanish

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Verb

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faculté

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of facultar