faculte

See also: faculté

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈkulteː/

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

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Portuguese

Verb

faculte

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of facultar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of facultar
  3. first-person singular imperative of facultar
  4. third-person singular imperative of facultar

Spanish

Verb

faculte

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of facultar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of facultar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of facultar.
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