different between university vs magnifico

English

Etymology

From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "A number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju?n??v??s?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /jun??v?s?ti/
• Hyphenation: uni?ver?si?ty

Noun

university (plural universities)

1. Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

Usage notes

• In western Europe, and later the United States, universities were typically founded by executive act (e.g. royal charter) and were generally relatively large (compared to colleges), offering postgraduate degrees in addition to undergraduate degrees. In other countries, this distinction is not made and any degree-granting institution is called a university.
• In the United States and Ireland, students will sometimes say that they go to "the university" or to "a university", but they are far more likely to say they are going "to college", even if the institution they attend is a university. In the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most other English-speaking countries, students go "to university (or uni)", without the article, if they are attending a school that grants bachelor's or postgraduate degrees.

Synonyms

• academy
• college
• institute
• uni
• varsity

Hypernyms

• school
• institution

Hyponyms

• plate-glass university
• technical university
• technological university
• university of technology

Derived terms

• university-affiliated
• varsity

Descendants

• ? Tokelauan: Iunivehite

Related terms

• universal
• universe

Translations

See also

• Wikiversity

References

• university on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Alternative forms

• varsity

Etymology

From Middle English universite, from Medieval Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?jun?v?rs?ti]

Noun

university (plural universities)

1. university

English

Etymology

From Italian magnifico.

Noun

magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

1. (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, I. ii. 12:

     For be assured of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloved,

2. (obsolete) A rector of a German university.

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin magnificus.

Adjective

magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)

1. magnificent
2. marvellous, wonderful
3. gorgeous, superb
4. generous

Derived terms

• magnificamente

Related terms

• magnificente

Etymology 2

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present of magnificare

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From magnificus (“noble, august”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma??ni.fi.ko?/, [mä??n?f?ko?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma???i.fi.ko/, [m????i?fik?]

Verb

magnific? (present infinitive magnific?re, perfect active magnific?v?, supine magnific?tum); first conjugation

1. I prize, esteem highly.
2. I praise, glorify, or extol.

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

• English: magnify
• French: magnifier
• Italian: magnificare

References

• magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magnifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of magnificar

Spanish

Verb

magnifico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of magnificar.