facultative

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.kəlˌteɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

facultative (comparative more facultative, superlative most facultative)

1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty
2. Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective
3. That grants permission or power to do something
4. (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way
5. (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.

Antonyms

• obligate
• obligatory

Derived terms

• facultatively

Translations

of or relating to faculty

• Finnish: kyvykkyys- (fi), kyky- (fi)
• German: fähig (de)
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• Turkish: kabiliyetli (tr), yetenekli (tr)

not obligate; optional

• Armenian: կամընտրական (hy) (kaməntrakan)
• Belarusian: неабавязко́вы (njeabavjazkóvy)
• Bulgarian: факултативен (bg) (fakultativen), незадължителен (bg) (nezadǎlžitelen)
• Dutch: facultatief (nl)
• Finnish: valinnainen (fi), vapaaehtoinen (fi)
• French: facultatif (fr)
• German: fakultativ (de), optional (de)
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• Indonesian: fakultatif (id)
• Portuguese: facultativo
• Russian: необяза́тельный (ru) (neobjazátelʹnyj), факультати́вный (ru) (fakulʹtatívnyj)
• Spanish: facultativo
• Turkish: ihtiyarî (tr), istemli (tr), seçmeli (tr)
• Ukrainian: необов'язко́вий (neobovʺjazkóvyj)

granting permission

• Finnish: salliva (fi), myöntävä (fi)
• German: freigestellt (de)
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• Turkish: isteğe bağlı, istemli (tr)

able to grow in or outside of a host

• Finnish: fakultatiivinen
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References

• Free Medical Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

• active fault

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.kyl.ta.tiv/

Adjective

facultative

1. feminine singular of facultatif