factício

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin factus

Latin -īcius

Latin factīciusbor.

Portuguese factício

Borrowed from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of feitiço, which was inherited, and fetiche, a reborrowing from French.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fakˈt͡ʃi.si.u/ [fakˈt͡ʃi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fakˈt͡ʃi.sju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fakˈt͡ʃi.si.u/ [fakˈt͡ʃi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fakˈt͡ʃi.sju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fakˈt͡ʃi.si.o/ [fakˈt͡ʃi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /fakˈt͡ʃi.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈkti.sju/

Adjective

factício (feminine factícia, masculine plural factícios, feminine plural factícias)

1. artificial; factitious; man-made

   Synonym: artificial

   Antonym: natural

2. artificial; factitious; fake; fabricated

   Synonym: falso

Derived terms

• transtorno factício

References

• “factício”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025