l'université

feminine

/y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluraluniversités

Examples

l' Lyon.

She studies law at the University of Lyon.

l' l' .

My brother is starting university next year.

L' nombreux .

The university offers many evening courses.

l', l'.

After university, he found a job abroad.

réputée médecine.

This university is renowned for its research in medicine.

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