Meaning

5 senses
  1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.

    fähig

    of or relating to the mental faculties

  2. Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.

    fakultativ, optional

    необяза́тельныйneobjazátelʹnyj, факультати́вныйfakulʹtatívnyj

    необов'язко́вийneobovʺjazkóvyj

    optional

  3. That grants permission or power to do something.

    freigestellt

    granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something

  4. Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.

    facultative feeder

    able to exist under more than one set of conditions

  5. At which a given function is positive.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not obligate; optional:
Русский
By meaning 1
not obligate; optional:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of or relating to faculty:
not obligate; optional:
granting permission:

Origin

From French facultatif. By surface analysis, faculty + -ative.

From French facultatif. By surface analysis, faculty + -ative.

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