faculte

See also: faculté

Middle English

Alternative forms

• facultee, facultei, faculti, facultie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French faculte, from Latin facultās, a variant of facilitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfakulteː/, /fakulˈteː/

Noun

faculte (plural facultes)

1. Power, skill, capability, capacity; the amount which someone is capable of.
2. A domain or area of learning or study; a science or art.
3. Goods or effects; that which one owns or holds to be of value.
4. (rare) A division or department of a tertiary institution or the people working within it.
5. (rare) Softness or lack of firmness while touching.

Descendants

• English: faculty
• Scots: faculty

References

• “facultē, -tī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 December 2018.

Portuguese

Verb

faculte

1. inflection of facultar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

faculte

1. inflection of facultar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative