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/y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/
Translation
university
Word origin
From Latin universitas ('the whole, a corporate body'), from universus ('combined into one, whole'), from unus ('one') plus versus ('turned'). The academic sense comes from the medieval universitas magistrorum et scholarium, a community of teachers and scholars.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- universitas
- English cognates
- university, universe
Grammar
Examples
l' Lyon.
She studies law at the University of Lyon.
l' l' .
My brother is starting university next year.
L' .
The university offers many evening courses.
l', l'.
After university, he found a job abroad.
Cette réputée .
This university is renowned for its research in medicine.
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