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fabrica

See also: fábrica, fabricá, fabricà, fàbrica, and fabrică

English

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Etymology

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Latin. Doublet of fabric and forge.

Noun

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fabrica (plural fabricas or fabricae)

  1. (historical) A workshop in an ancient Roman fort.

Catalan

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Verb

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fabrica

  1. inflection of fabricar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

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Noun

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fabrica (plural fabricas)

  1. factory

Latin

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Etymology

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From faber (“craftsman, smith”) +‎ -icus. Originally this was an adjective *fabricus which was mainly used in the two phrases fabrica officīna "workplace of a faber" and fabrica ars "art of a faber", which led to two distinct core meanings.

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Noun

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fabrica f (genitive fabricae); first declension

  1. A smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop.
  2. An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft, architecture.
  3. A skillful production, fabric, building, structure, fabrication, construct, artifice, machine
  4. (figuratively) A crafty device, wile, trick, stratagem, machination

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fabrica fabricae
genitive fabricae fabricārum
dative fabricae fabricīs
accusative fabricam fabricās
ablative fabricā fabricīs
vocative fabrica fabricae

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Portuguese

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Verb

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fabrica

  1. inflection of fabricar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fabriquer, Latin fabricare. Doublet of forja, from French, and probably of the inherited fereca.

Verb

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a fabrica (third-person singular present fabrică, past participle fabricat) 1st conj.

  1. to fabricate, invent
  2. to fabricate, manufacture, produce

Conjugation

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    conjugation of fabrica (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a fabrica
gerund fabricând
past participle fabricat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present fabric fabrici fabrică fabricăm fabricați fabrică
imperfect fabricam fabricai fabrica fabricam fabricați fabricau
simple perfect fabricai fabricași fabrică fabricarăm fabricarăți fabricară
pluperfect fabricasem fabricaseși fabricase fabricaserăm fabricaserăți fabricaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să fabric să fabrici să fabrice să fabricăm să fabricați să fabrice
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative fabrică fabricați
negative nu fabrica nu fabricați

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈbɾika/ [faˈβ̞ɾi.ka]
  • Audio (Chile):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: fa‧bri‧ca

Verb

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fabrica

  1. inflection of fabricar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Venetan

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Etymology

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Compare Italian fabbrica

Noun

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fabrica f (plural fabriche)

  1. factory
  2. mill, plant
  3. building (under construction)
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