université
French, noun/y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/
université is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written French, the 755th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Université is a French feminine noun meaning “university (institution of higher education)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commune, communauté, corps, compagnie, collège, corporation, assemblée. Ne subsiste plus que dans…”.
What does université mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuniversity (institution of higher education)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commune, communauté, corps, compagnie, collège, corporation, assemblée. Ne subsiste plus que dans l'expression université d’été au sens d'assemblée. 2. Centre d’enseignement supérieur, public ou privé, divisé en groupes appelés facultés, dont chacune délivre des grades au nom de l’État ou en son nom propre. 3. Corps enseignant de cet établissement ou ensemble des étudiants qui le fréquente. 4. Bâtiments d'une université.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of université
- universités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce université?
- /y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te/
- \y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te\
- [y.n‿y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to université
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is université in French?
université appears 110 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).