faculty

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfæ.kəl.ti/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

Frases

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

"Eu estava chorando, tremendo", disse ela à faculdade.