facultative

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
2. Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
3. That grants permission or power to do something.
4. Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
5. At which a given function is positive.

Teenoorgestelde van

dispensable, gratuitous, inessential, needless, optional, unnecessary, unneeded, obligate

Sinonieme

optional

elective

discretionary

ex gratia

nonobligatory

permissive

spontaneous

uncoerced

unforced

unpaid

voluntary

volunteer

willing

accidental

not obligatory

casual

Vertalings

facultatif

facultativo

facoltativo

facultatief

facultativo

opzionale

istemli

fakultativ

volontario

optionnel

opcional

προαιρετικός

optioneel

optional

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

From French facultatif. By surface analysis, faculty + -ative.