facultative

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

facultatif

optionnel

Opposé de

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

Synonymes

optional

elective

discretionary

ex gratia

nonobligatory

permissive

spontaneous

uncoerced

unforced

unpaid

voluntary

volunteer

willing

accidental

not obligatory

casual

Traductions

facoltativo

facultativo

opzionale

fakultativ

istemli

facultatief

facultativo

isteğe bağlı

volontario

προαιρετικός

optioneel

opcional

optional

yetenekli

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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