fator

See also: fatôr

Latin

Verb

fātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of for

References
  • “fator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Doublet of feitor. Piecewise doublet of fazedor.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈtoʁ/ [faˈtoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /faˈtoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /faˈtoʁ/ [faˈtoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈtoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /faˈtoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /faˈto.ɾi/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: fa‧tor

Noun

fator m (plural fatores)

  1. factor; doer; maker
    Synonyms: criador, fabricante
  2. factor; influence
    Synonyms: causa, influência, condição
  3. (mathematics) factor

Derived terms
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