faculté

Definitions of faculté
  1. noun
    one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
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    attention, concentration
    the faculty or power of mental concentration
    langage
    the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
    mémoire
    the power of retaining and recalling past experience
    bon sens, intelligence, raison
    the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
    sens, sensation
    the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
    volonté
    the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
    système sensoriel
    a particular sense
    sensibilité
    (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
    concentration
    complete attention; intense mental effort
    type of:
    capacité, habileté
    possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
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