la

feminine

/fak/

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Translation

uni, university (informal); faculty

Word origin

Informal clipping of faculté ('faculty, university department'), from Latin facultas ('ability, means'), from facere ('to do, to make'). The same root gives English 'faculty'.

Origin: Latin
Root: facultas
English cognates: faculty

Grammar

Genderfeminine

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Examples

soeur .

My sister is in her second year at uni.

tous .

I go to uni by bus every morning.

He left uni to go to work.

The law faculty is near the station.

' .

We met at uni ten years ago.

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This word is part of lesson 28.