university

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The entirety of a group; all members of a class.

Concepts

université

Aristote

académie

universitaire

aristote

collège

établissement universitaire

fac

univ

Synonymes

college

academy

school

🏫

educational institution

varsity

collegiate

state university

natinoal university

Athenaeum

university institution

U.

Univ.

U

school

🏫

academic

alma mater

campus

institute

private university

Traductions

università

universidad

Universität

universiteit

universidade

πανεπιστήμιο

universitat

Hochschule

üniversite

جامعة

zanîngeh

academie

zanko

ateneo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/juːnɪˈvɜːsəti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: universite

In summary

From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”).

Phrases

He teaches at Stockholm University .

Il enseigne à l'Université de Stockholm.

Doctor Breslin , the university vice president , was not so sure .

Le docteur Breslin, vice-président de l'université, n'était pas si sûr.

He taught economics at the University of Dhaka .

Il a enseigné l'économie à l'Université de Dacca.

Mechnikov Odessa State University .

Université d'État de Mechnikov Odessa.

He accepted a scholarship to play locally at Wichita State University .

Il a accepté une bourse pour jouer localement à l'Université d'État de Wichita.

The Millersville University Library is housed in Ganser Hall .

La bibliothèque de l'Université Millersville est logée à Ganser Hall.