🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

fattori

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fat'tɔːri

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Factors/ˈfæktərz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"I fattori che influenzano il cambiamento climatico sono complessi."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Elements or components that contribute to a particular result or situation.

    "The factors influencing climate change include greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation."
  2. 2

    In mathematics, numbers or quantities that when multiplied together produce a given number.

    "The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'factors' originates from the Latin 'facere', meaning 'to do or make'. It evolved through Middle English as 'factour' before taking its modern form. Historically, it has shifted from a general sense of 'doer' to a more specific meaning in mathematics and science, referring to elements that contribute to a result.

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