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factor
English
Alternative forms
- factour (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fækt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fækt?/
- Hyphenation: fact?or
- Rhymes: -ækt?(?)
Noun
factor (plural factors)
- (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
- (now rare) An agent or representative.
- My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
- 1985 Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMW
- Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
- (law)
- A commission agent.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
- 1863, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology
- the material and dynamical factors of nutrition
- 1863, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology
- (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p.38:
- The first thousand primes […] marched in order before him […] the complete sequence of all those numbers that possessed no factors except themselves and unity.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p.38:
- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
- (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Verb
factor (third-person singular simple present factors, present participle factoring, simple past and past participle factored)
- (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
- (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
Derived terms
- factor in
- factor out
- refactor
Translations
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Further reading
- factor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- factor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin factor.
Noun
factor m (plural factors)
- factor (integral part)
Further reading
- “factor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch factoor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?k.t?r/
- Hyphenation: fac?tor
Noun
factor m (plural factoren, diminutive factortje n)
- a factor, element
- (mathematics) factor
- (obsolete) business representative
Descendants
- Afrikaans: faktor
- ? West Frisian: faktor
Latin
Etymology
From faci? (“to do, make”) +? -tor (masculine agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fak.tor/, [?fäkt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fak.tor/, [?f?kt??r]
Noun
factor m (genitive fact?ris); third declension
- One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.
- (sports) player, batsman
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- factus
- factura
Descendants
References
- factor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- factor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- factor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- factor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- factor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Noun
factor m (plural factores)
- Superseded spelling of fator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Romanian
Etymology
From French facteur
Noun
factor m (plural factori)
- factor
- postal worker, postman, mailman
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin factor. Compare the inherited doublet hechor (cf. malhechor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa??to?/, [fa???t?o?]
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
factor m (plural factores)
- factor
Derived terms
- factor productivo
Related terms
- hacer
factor From the web:
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woman
English
Etymology
From Middle English woman, from earlier wimman, wifman. The Middle English forms are from Old English wiman, wimman, from w?fmann m (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person”), a compound of w?f (“woman”, whence English wife) +? mann (“person”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below.
Cognate with Scots woman, weman. Compare Saterland Frisian Wieuwmoanske (“female person; female human”). Similar constructions can be found in West Frisian frommes (“woman, girl”) (from frou and minske, literally "woman human").
A few alternative spellings (see below) respell the term so as not to contain man.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?w?m?n/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?w?m?n/
- Hyphenation: wom?an
- Rhymes: -?m?n
- Homophone: women (some dialects, common in New Zealand and South Africa)
Noun
woman (plural women)
- An adult female human.
- 2012, Kate Welsh, Substitute Daddy (?ISBN):
- "There is nothing wrong with Melissa or the way she was raised. She is a sweet, kind, intelligent woman with a generous heart and more love for her child than you and Mother ever showed for either of your children."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:woman.
- 2012, Kate Welsh, Substitute Daddy (?ISBN):
- (collective) All female humans collectively; womankind.
- 1972, Helen Reddy, "I Am Woman," first line:
- I am Woman, hear me roar / In numbers too big to ignore
- 1997, Bob Grant, Let's Be Heard, page 42:
- For if modern woman is so intent on keeping her surname alive, why not demand it be passed along to her children?
- 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
- 1972, Helen Reddy, "I Am Woman," first line:
- A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- 2003, Amelia Jones, The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader, Psychology Press (?ISBN), page 37:
- To be born a woman has been to be born, within an allotted and confined space, into the keeping of men.
- 2007, Clifford B. Bowyer, The Siege of Zoldex, Silver Leaf Books, LLC (?ISBN), page 307:
- One of the elves, a woman with long auburn hair, was garbed identically to the two dwarves.
- 2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular - Inheritance Book Three (?ISBN), page 549:
- Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves. Two of the elves, a man and a woman, demonstrated their skill with swordplay— […]
- 2014, Oisin McGann, Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, Penguin UK (?ISBN):
- There was a pair of burly dwarves – a woman and a man – bearing the markings of the formidable Thane Guards.
- 2003, Amelia Jones, The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader, Psychology Press (?ISBN), page 37:
- A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
- 1914, D. H. Lawrence, Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays, chapter 7: "Of Being and Not-Being":
- And then, when he lies with his woman, the man may concurrently be with God, and so get increase of his soul.
- 1914, D. H. Lawrence, Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays, chapter 7: "Of Being and Not-Being":
- A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- 2004, Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount, page 70:
- Perhaps my problem is that I am a cat woman. I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.
- 2004, Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount, page 70:
- A female attendant or servant.
- c. 1564–1616, William Shakespeare:
- By her woman I sent your message.
- c. 1564–1616, William Shakespeare:
Usage notes
The current pronunciation of the first vowel of the singular began to appear in western England in the 13th century under the rounding influence of the w, though the older pronunciation with /i/ (? modern /?/) remained in use into the 15th century. Although the vowel of the plural was sometimes also altered to /u/ (? modern /?/) beginning in the 14th century, the pronunciation with /?/ ultimately won out there, possibly under the influence of pairs like foot-feet. However, many speakers (especially of New Zealand English or South African English) have either retained or reinnovated the pronunciation of the plural with /?/. The modern spelling women for the plural is due to influence of the singular; it is attested from the 15th century.
For a time in the 16th and 17th centuries, the pronunciation of the singular sometimes drifted even further back towards /u?/ or /??~o?/ (? modern /o?~??/) and the plural sometimes drifted even further forward towards /i?/, leading to comparisons of the words to "woe man" or "we men".)
Alternative forms
- (feminist spellings; very rare:) (singular:) womxn, womyn, (plural:) womxn, womyn, wymyn
- (eye dialect, sometimes also used as feminist spellings:) (singular:) womin, wommon (also obsolete), womon (plural:) wimin, wimmin, wimmen, wymmyn
- (obsolete, 17th c.) weoman
- (obsolete) whoman
- (plural, informal or obsolete) wimen
- (plural, nonstandard, proscribed) womans
- (plural, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) womens
Synonyms
- lady; female; see more at Thesaurus:woman
Hypernyms
- man (broad sense), human
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- (gender): man
- (age): girl
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: uman
- Aukan: uman
- Krio: uman
- Sranan Tongo: uma; oema (superseded)
- Torres Strait Creole: oman
- ? Japanese: ???? (?man)
- ? Korean: ?? (umeon)
- ? Volapük: vom
Translations
See woman/translations § Noun.
References
- woman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Woman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
woman (third-person singular simple present womans, present participle womaning, simple past and past participle womaned)
- To staff with female labor.
- 2010, Julia Glass, The Widower's Tale, page 77
- The information desk is now manned (womaned) by someone whose main job is to help you reserve time slots for the computers or guide you through the arduous process of “logging on.”
- 2010, Julia Glass, The Widower's Tale, page 77
- (transitive) To make effeminate or womanish.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, III. ii. 50:
- I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief / That the first face of neither on the start / Can woman me unto't.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, III. ii. 50:
- (transitive) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, III. iv. 191:
- And think it no addition, nor my wish, / To have him see me woman'd.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, III. iv. 191:
- (transitive) To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.
See also
References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?voman]
Noun
woman m
- obsolete form of oman (“elecampane”), obsolete spelling of voman (“elecampane”)
Declension
Middle English
Noun
woman (plural women)
- Alternative form of womman
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oman?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?u?oman]
Noun
woman m
- inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)
Declension
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