different between facty vs facto

English

Etymology

fact +? -y. Doublet of factic.

Adjective

facty

1. (dated, informal) Consisting principally of facts
   • 1883 November 2, Pall Mall Gazette, page 5 i, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, volume 4, published 1901, page 15:

     A 'facty' article on 'The Political Condition of Spain'.

Synonyms

• factful

Derived terms

• factiness

Related terms

• factual
• factitious
• factic

See also

• truthy

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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