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establishment

English

Etymology

From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish +? -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??stæbl??m?nt/
  • Hyphenation: estab?lish?ment

Noun

establishment (countable and uncountable, plural establishments)

  1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
    • 1787, Article Seven of the United States Constitution
      The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
  2. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  3. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  4. (usually with "the") The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.
  5. The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).

Synonyms

  • (act of establishing):, (that which is established): foundation

Antonyms

  • (act of establishing): abolition

Derived terms

  • anti-establishment
  • eating establishment
  • re-establishment, reestablishment
  • war establishment

Translations

See also

  • antidisestablishmentarianism
  • powers that be

Descendants

  • ? Polish: establishment

Catalan

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

  • (Central) IPA(key): /?s?tabli?m?n/

Noun

establishment m (plural establishments)

  1. establishment

Further reading

  • “establishment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “establishment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

References


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Noun

establishment

  1. (sometimes derogatory) (the) establishment
    • 2017, Jens-Martin Eriksen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Adskillelsens politik, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
      Forestillingen om klasse frem for religion er også farlig for establishmentet her i landet, den ville kunne få hele det politiske system til at bryde sammen, hvis de fattige malajer, muslimerne, ville indse, at de har mere til fælles med de fattige ...
    • 2015, Jan Guillou, Den demokratiske terrorist, Modtryk ?ISBN
      Marxistleninisterne eksisterede næsten ikke mere, de fleste gamle kammerater var blevet en del af establishmentet, og den antiimperialistiske bevægelse var stort set gået i sig selv igen.

Declension


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?t?.bl??.m?nt/, /?s?t?.bl?s.m?nt/
  • Hyphenation: es?ta?blish?ment

Noun

establishment n (plural establishments, diminutive establishmentje n)

  1. establishment, elite (ruling authority or class)

Related terms

  • etablissement

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?est?blisment?i/, [?e?s?t??b?lis?me?n?t??i]

Noun

establishment

  1. (informal) establishment (ruling class)

Declension

Synonyms

  • eliitti
  • valtaapitävät
  • yläluokka

French

Etymology

From English establishment

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s.ta.bli?.m??/

Proper noun

establishment m

  1. establishment (ruling authority)

Related terms

  • établissement

Polish

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?.stab?l?i?.m?nt/

Noun

establishment m inan

  1. (derogatory, politics) the establishment (the ruling class or authority group)

Declension

Further reading

  • establishment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • establishment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Proper noun

establishment m

  1. establishment (ruling authority)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment. Doublet of establecimiento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /establi?e?ment/, [es.t?a.??li.?e?m?n?t?]

Proper noun

establishment m

  1. establishment (ruling authority)

Further reading

  • “establishment” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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factory

English

Etymology

From factor +? -y. Compare Middle French factorie; Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?fækt??i/, /?fækt?i/
  • (UK)

Noun

factory (plural factories)

  1. (chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. [from 16th c.]
    • 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 184:
      We had here his curate, Mr. Furley, who had been nine years chaplain to the English factory at St. Petersburg [] .
  3. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: manufactory
  4. (Britain, slang) A police station. [from 19th c.]
    • 2010, Harry Keeble, Kris Hollington, Crack House
      The guys all knew each other and we were having a jolly old chinwag as we marched them out of the house in front of their stunned neighbours and into a van we had called to take them all to the Factory (police station).
  5. A device which produces or manufactures something.
  6. A factory farm.
    chicken factory; pig factory
  7. (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
    • 2010, Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, William Bartholomew, Inside the Microsoft Build Engine
      The task factory [] is the object that is responsible for creating instances of those tasks dynamically.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: faktori
  • Welsh: ffatri

Translations

Further reading

  • factory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • factory in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Adjective

factory (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

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