université
See also: universitè and üniversite
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French universitei, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin universitātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/
Audio: (file)
Noun
université f (plural universités)
- university (institution of higher education)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: inivèsite
- → Esperanto: universitato
- → Ido: universitato
- → Ido: universitato
- → Persian: اونیورسیته (universite)
- → Romanian: universitate
- → Turkish: üniversite
Further reading
- “université”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Noun
université f (plural universitez)
- university (institution of higher education)
- entirety; universality
Descendants
- French: université
- Haitian Creole: inivèsite
- → Esperanto: universitato
- → Ido: universitato
- → Ido: universitato
- → Persian: اونیورسیته (universite)
- → Romanian: universitate
- → Turkish: üniversite
Old French
Noun
université oblique singular, f (oblique plural universitez, nominative singular université, nominative plural universitez)
- university (institution of higher education)
Descendants
- → Middle English: universite, universitee, unyversyte, unyversite, universyth, unewersyte, unyversitee, universythe
- English: university (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: university, universitie