faculte

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See also: faculté

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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