different between fact vs facto

English

Etymology

From Latin factum (“a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance”), neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of feat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

fact (countable and uncountable, plural facts)

1. Something actual as opposed to invented.
2. Something which is real.

   Gravity is a fact, not a theory.

3. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

4. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.

5. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

6. (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
7. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
8. (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:

     She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].

9. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.

Antonyms

• (Something actual): fiction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• value
• opinion
• belief

References

• fact at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "Conway: 'Alternative Facts'" Merriam-Webster's Trend Watch Merriam-Webster. 2017.

Interjection

fact

1. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

Anagrams

• acft

English

Etymology

Latin, ablative of factum (“deed, fact”).

Adverb

facto (not comparable)

1. (law) in fact; by the act or fact

Related terms

• de facto
• ipso facto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fak.to?/, [?fäkt?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fak.to/, [?f?kt??]

Etymology 1

From faci? +? -t?.

Verb

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

1. I make, do, or perform regularly or frequently.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• factit?

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fact?

1. dative singular of factum
2. ablative singular of factum

Participle

fact?

1. dative masculine singular of factus
2. dative neuter singular of factus
3. ablative masculine singular of factus
4. ablative neuter singular of factus

References

• facto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fato (Brazil)

Etymology

From Latin factum. Cognate of feito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fak.tu/
• Hyphenation: fac?to

Noun

facto m (plural factos) (European orthography)

1. (Portugal) fact (something which is real)

Derived terms

• de facto

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factum. Compare the inherited doublet hecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?to/, [?fa??.t?o]

Noun

facto

1. (archaic) fact (something which is real)

Particle

facto

1. Only used in de facto