université

See also: üniversite

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French universitei, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin universitātem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/
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Noun

université f (plural universités)

  1. university (institution of higher education)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: inivèsite
  • Turkish: üniversite

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

université f (plural universitez)

  1. university (institution of higher education)
  2. entirety; universality

Descendants

Old French

Noun

université oblique singular, f (oblique plural universitez, nominative singular université, nominative plural universitez)

  1. university (institution of higher education)

Descendants

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