adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
facultative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/
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General-American: /ˈfæ.kəlˌteɪ.tɪv/
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adj
Meaning 2
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discretionary, elective, facultative, free, noncompulsory, nonmandatory, nonobligate, nonobligatory, nonrequired, nonrequisite, optional, optionary, unrequired, volitional, voluntary
Antonyms: basic, essential, indispensable, necessar, necessary, needed, prerequisite, required, requisite
adj
Meaning 3
That grants permission or power to do something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- facultative feeder
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: obligate
adj
Meaning 5
At which a given function is positive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
able to exist under more than one set of conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: obligate
adjective
Meaning 7
of or relating to the mental faculties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not compulsory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- facultative courses in the sciences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a facultative enactment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French facultatif. By surface analysis, faculty + -ative.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kyvykkyys- — of or relating to faculty
- Finnish: kyky- — of or relating to faculty
- German: fähig — of or relating to faculty
- Turkish: kabiliyetli — of or relating to faculty
- Turkish: yetenekli — of or relating to faculty
- Armenian: կամընտրական (kaməntrakan) — not obligate; optional
- Belarusian: неабавязко́вы (njeabavjazkóvy) — not obligate; optional
- Bulgarian: факултативен (fakultativen) — not obligate; optional
- Bulgarian: незадължителен (nezadǎlžitelen) — not obligate; optional
- Dutch: facultatief — not obligate; optional
- Esperanto: fakultativa — not obligate; optional
- Finnish: valinnainen — not obligate; optional
- Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — not obligate; optional
- French: facultatif — not obligate; optional
- German: fakultativ — not obligate; optional
- German: optional — not obligate; optional
- Ido: fakultativa — not obligate; optional
- Indonesian: fakultatif — not obligate; optional
- Kazakh: факультативтік (fakultativtık) — not obligate; optional
- Polish: fakultatywny — not obligate; optional
- Portuguese: facultativo — not obligate; optional
- Russian: необяза́тельный (neobjazátelʹnyj) — not obligate; optional
- Russian: факультати́вный (fakulʹtatívnyj) — not obligate; optional
- Spanish: facultativo — not obligate; optional
- Turkish: ihtiyarî — not obligate; optional
- Turkish: istemli — not obligate; optional
- Turkish: seçmeli — not obligate; optional
- Ukrainian: необов'язко́вий (neobovʺjazkóvyj) — not obligate; optional
- Finnish: salliva — granting permission
- Finnish: myöntävä — granting permission
- German: freigestellt — granting permission
- Turkish: isteğe bağlı — granting permission
- Turkish: istemli — granting permission
- Finnish: fakultatiivinen — able to perform a particular life function
Real reading context