fator

See also: Fátor and fatôr

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.tor]

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

• factor (pre-1990 spelling)

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]

• (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/

• (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

• fatorizar

Related terms

• fato/facto
• fatorial
• fazer
• feitor

Further reading

• “fator”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fator”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025