università

Borrowed from Medieval Latin universitas. Cognates include Italian università and French université.

• IPA^(key): /univɛrsiˈta/

università f

1. university

• “università” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• universitade, universitate (obsolete)

Borrowed from Classical Latin ūniversitātem (“the whole” → (Late Latin) “(whole) group; company; corporation” → (Medieval Latin) “university”).

• IPA^(key): /u.ni.ver.siˈta/^*

• Audio (l'università)

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧si‧tà

università f (invariable)

1. (obsolete) totality, entirety, whole

   Synonyms: totalità, universalità

   • 1477 [early 5th century CE], Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, “Libro.ⅹⅹ. Capitolo.ⅹⅹⅲ. [Book 20, Chapter 23]”, in Antonio Miscomini, transl., La città di Dio [The city of God]‎ (theology), Roma: Stamperia di Rocco Bernabò, translation of De civitate Dei (in Late Latin), page 567:

     Or che sequesto decenario numero sono significati tutti gli universi Re: dopo liquali colui dee venire come per lo millenario centenario et septenario e significata spesse volte launiversita et per altri numeri chi none necessario diricordarlo ora.

     So, this 10 can represent all of the kings, after whom he is to come, as 1000, 100, and 7—as well as other numbers that don't need to be remembered now—often represent totality.

     (literally, “So that if [by] this tenfold number are represented all the kings in their entirety, after whom he must come, like by the thousandfold [number], hundredfold [number], and sevenfold [number] it's represented oftentimes the totality, and by other numbers that is not necessary to remember now.”)

2. (historical) guild (association of tradespeople)

   Synonyms: corporazione, gilda

3. university

• universitario

• → Maltese: università

• scuola

• università in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

università f (plural universiteies)

1. university

Borrowed from Italian università.

• IPA^(key): /u.nɪ.vɛr.sɪˈtaː/

università f (plural universitajiet)

1. university

• üniversità

• IPA^(key): /ynivɛrsiˈta/

università f

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