faculty

Betekenis

1. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
2. A division of a university.
3. an ability, power, or skill.
4. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
5. A licence to make alterations to a church.
6. The members of a profession.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfæ.kəl.ti/

Etymologie

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile. Doublet of facility.

Zinnen

" I was in tears , shaking ," she told the faculty .

"Ik was in tranen, trillend," vertelde ze de faculteit.