faculty

faculty
noun
1) (physical capability) Fähigkeit, die; Vermögen, das

faculty of sight/speech/hearing/thought — Seh-/Sprach-/Hör-/Denkvermögen, das

2) (mental power)

in [full] possession of [all] one's [mental] faculties — im [Voll]besitz [all] seiner [geistigen] Kräfte

3) (Univ.): (department) Fakultät, die; Fachbereich, der
4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.): (staff) Lehrkörper, der
* * *
['fækəlti]
plural - faculties; noun
1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) die Gabe
2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) die Fähigkeit
3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) die Fähigkeit
4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) die Fakultät
* * *
fa·cul·ty
[ˈfækəlti, AM -t̬i]
n
1. (university department) Fakultät f, Fachbereich m
the F\faculty of Arts/Law/Science die philosophische/juristische/naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
2. no pl AM SCH Lehrkörper m, Lehrerkollegium nt; UNIV [Lehrkörper m einer] Fakultät; (all professors at university) Professorenkollegium nt
business/law \faculty Lehrpersonal nt im Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaftslehre/Rechtswissenschaften
the lower/upper school \faculty die Lehrer pl der Sekundarstufe I/II
3. (natural ability) Fähigkeit f, Vermögen nt kein pl
to be in command [or possession] of all one's mental faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte sein
to have [all] one's faculties im [Voll]besitz seiner [geistigen] Kräfte sein
4. (skill) Talent nt, Begabung f (for für +akk)
5. LAW Dispens m
* * *
['fkəltI]
n
1) (= power of mind) Vermögen nt, Fähigkeit f, Kraft f; (= ability, aptitude) Begabung f, Talent nt

mental faculties — geistige Fähigkeiten pl, Geisteskräfte pl

faculty of reason — Vernunft f

faculty of hearing/sight — Hör-/Sehvermögen nt

to be in (full) possession of (all) one's faculties — im Vollbesitz seiner Kräfte sein

to have a faculty for doing sth — ein Talent dafür haben, etw zu tun

2) (UNIV) Fakultät f

the medical faculty, the faculty of medicine — die medizinische Fakultät

3) (ECCL) Vollmacht f
* * *
faculty [ˈfækltı] s
1. Fähigkeit f, Vermögen n:
faculty of hearing Hörvermögen
2. Kraft f, Geschicklichkeit f, Gewandtheit f
3. (natürliche) Gabe, Anlage f, Talent n, Fähigkeit f:
(mental) faculties Geisteskräfte;
be in full possession of all one’s faculties im Vollbesitz seiner geistigen Kräfte sein;
have a faculty for (oder of) doing sth das Talent oder die Fähigkeit haben, etwas zu tun
4. UNIV
a) Fakultät f, Wissenszweig m:
the medical faculty die medizinische Fakultät, weitS. die Mediziner pl
b)(Mitglieder pl einer) Fakultät, Lehrkörper m
c) besonders US Lehr-, Verwaltungspersonal n (auch einer Schule)
5. JUR
a) Ermächtigung f, Befugnis f (for zu, für)
b) meist pl Vermögen n, Eigentum n
6. REL Befugnis f, Dispens m/f
* * *
noun
1) (physical capability) Fähigkeit, die; Vermögen, das

faculty of sight/speech/hearing/thought — Seh-/Sprach-/Hör-/Denkvermögen, das

2) (mental power)

in [full] possession of [all] one's [mental] faculties — im [Voll]besitz [all] seiner [geistigen] Kräfte

3) (Univ.): (department) Fakultät, die; Fachbereich, der
4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.): (staff) Lehrkörper, der
* * *
(University) n.
Institut -e n. n.
Fachbereich m.
Fakultät -en f.
Fähigkeit f.
Lehrkörper m.

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