università

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See also: universita

Corsican

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin universitas. Cognates include Italian università and French université.

Pronunciation

Noun

università f

  1. university

References

  • università” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Latin ūniversitātem (the whole” → (Late Latin) “(whole) group; company; corporation” → (Medieval Latin) “university).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.ni.ver.siˈta/*
  • Audio (l'università):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧tà

Noun

università f (invariable)

  1. (obsolete) totality, entirety, whole
    Synonyms: totalità, universalità
    • 1477 [413426], “Capitolo .xxiii.” (chapter 23), Libro xx., in Antonio Miscomini, transl., De la cità di Dio [On the city of God]‎ (theology; manuscript), translation of Dē cīvitāte Deī by Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (in Late Latin), page 537:
      Or che ſequeſto decenario numero ſono ſignificati tutti gli uniuerſi Re: dopo liquali colui dee uenire come per lo millenario centenario et ſeptenario e ſignificata ſpeſſe uolte launiuerſita et ꝑ altri numeri chi none neceſſario diricordarlo ora.
      [Or che se questo decenario numero sono significati tutti gli universi re — dopo li quali colui dee venire — come per lo millenario, centenario e settenario è significata spesse volte la università, e per altri numeri chi non è necessario di ricordarlo ora[?]]
      So, what if this 10 were to represent all of the kings—after whom he is to come—just as 1000, 100, and 7 (as well as other numbers that don't need to be remembered now) often represent totality?
      (literally, “So what if this tenfold number are signified all the whole kings, after whom he must come, like through the thousandfold , hundredfold , and sevenfold is signified oftentimes the totality and through other numbers that is not necessary to remember now.”)
  2. (historical) guild (association of tradespeople)
    Synonyms: corporazione, gilda
  3. university

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: università

See also

References

  • università in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ladin

Noun

università f (plural universiteies)

  1. university

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian università.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.nɪ.vɛr.sɪˈtaː/

Noun

università f (plural universitajiet)

  1. university

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

università f

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