"fac" meaning in French

See fac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /fak/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-fak.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan)
Head templates: {{head|fr|conjunction}} fac
  1. (Quebec, informal) eye dialect spelling of fait que Tags: Quebec, alt-of, informal, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: fait que
    Sense id: en-fac-fr-conj-Qi2yWvU9 Categories (other): French eye dialect, Quebec French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fak/ Audio: Fr-Paris--la fac.oga [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-fac.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fac.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-fac.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: facs [plural]
Rhymes: -ak Etymology: Clipping of faculté. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:clipping|faculté}} [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "faculty", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*fakelitāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "facultās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "faculté", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "fac", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="fac">, {{clipping|fr|faculté}} Clipping of faculté Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fac f (plural facs)
  1. (informal, France) university Tags: France, feminine, informal Synonyms: univ
    Sense id: en-fac-fr-noun-rbpsDsio Categories (other): French French, Pages with entries, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 5 7 5 15 13 9 12 11 12 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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