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la

feminine

/unibeɾsiˈdað/

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Translation

university

Word origin

From Latin universitas ('a whole, a corporate body'), from universus ('combined into one, whole'), from unus ('one') and versus ('turned'). It named a guild of teachers and scholars.

Origin
Latin
Root
universitas
English cognates
university, universe, universal

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluraluniversidades

Examples

.

She entered university with very good grades.

festival primavera.

The university puts on a music festival every spring.

.

My years at university were the best of my life.

.

He studies medicine at the public university.

.

The university is far from my house.

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This word is part of lesson 15.