faculteit

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French faculté, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, properly”), Medieval Latin facultas (“a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”). See facile. Doublet of faciliteit.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: fa‧cul‧teit

Noun

faculteit f (plural faculteiten, diminutive faculteitje n)

1. college (in the US sense: department of a university dedicated to a given subject), faculty

   Hij is professor aan de faculteit geneeskunde van de universiteit. ― He is a professor at the faculty of medicine at the university.

   De faculteit der letteren biedt cursussen aan in literatuur en filosofie. ― The college of arts offers courses in literature and philosophy.

2. factorial

   De faculteit van 5 is 120. ― The factorial of 5 is 120.

   Bij wiskunde hebben we geleerd hoe we de faculteit van een getal kunnen berekenen. ― In mathematics, we learned how to compute the factorial of a number.

Usage notes

• "n!" is read as "n faculteit"

Derived terms

• facultair

Related terms

• facultatief