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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFakultät
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fakʊlˈtɛːt
"Die juristische Fakultät feiert ihr Jubiläum."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A university department or a grouping of related academic departments.
"She is a professor in the faculty of philosophy." - 2
The mathematical product of an integer and all the integers below it (factorial).
"The calculation requires finding the factorial of ten."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin facultas meaning capability, ability, or department, tracing back to Latin facilis (easy). It entered German via academic terminology in the late medieval period to denote a branch of learning or a university division, eventually expanding in mathematics to mean the product of an integer and all the integers below it.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fakultät" is said worldwide
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faculté
Transliteration: fakylte
"Il travaille à la faculté des sciences."
Fakultät
Transliteration: fakʊlˈtɛːt
"Die juristische Fakultät feiert ihr Jubiläum."
facoltà
Transliteration: fakolˈta
"Si è laureato presso la facoltà di medicina."
facultad
Transliteration: fakulˈtad
"Estudia en la facultad de ingeniería."
faculdade
Transliteration: fakuˈdade
"Ela é decana da faculdade de letras."
संकाय
Transliteration: sankay
"विज्ञान संकाय ने एक नई शोध नीति की घोषणा की है।"
学院
Transliteration: xuéyuàn
"他在大学的医学院任教。"
단과대학
Transliteration: dankwadaehak
"그는 법과대학에서 공부하고 있다."
学部
Transliteration: gakubu
"彼は文学部に所属しています。"
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