fac

See also: FAC and faç

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of facsimile.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

  1. A large ornamental letter formerly used at the start of a chapter or section of a book.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Clipping of faculty.

Noun

fac (plural facs)

  1. (colloquial) A faculty within a university.
    • 1973, Princeton Alumni Weekly (volume 74, page vii)
      Here's to Hibben. We call him Jack
      The whitest man in all the fac.
      Of Princeton spirit he does not lack
    • 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)
      I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin faciō. Compare Romanian face, fac.

Verb

fac (third-person singular present indicative fatsi or fatse, second-person plural present indicative fãtsets, first-person singular imperfect fãtseam, past participle faptã)

  1. I do, make.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Clipping of faculté.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fak/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

fac f (plural facs)

  1. (informal, France) university
    Synonym: univ

Ladin

Noun

fac

  1. plural of fat

Latin

Verb

fac

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of faciō

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fak]

Verb

fac

  1. first-person singular present indicative of face.
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of face.
    Doresc să fac ceva.
    I want to do something.
  3. third-person plural present indicative of face.
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