lafac
feminine
/fak/
#1708 of 5,000 Core 5000
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
Pluralfacs
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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