Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

facture

/ˈfæk.t͡ʃəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: fac-ture
IPA: /ˈfæk.t͡ʃəɹ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.

Archaic

noun

An invoice or bill of parcels.

Dated

Example Sentences

"[T]here is no doubt but the facture or framing of the inward parts, is as full of difference, as the outward, and in that, is the Cauſe Continent of many diſeaſes, which not be obſerued, they quarrell many times with the humors which are not in fault, the fault being in the very frame and Mechanicke of the parte, which cannot be remoued by medicine alteratiue, but muſt be accomodate and palliate by dyets and medicines familiar."
"It has become usual in discussions of Flags facture' to use the terms, suggested by [Jasper] Johns himself, ‘encaustic, oil and collage on fabric’."

Etymology

From French facture (“a making, invoice”), from Latin factura (“a making”). Doublet of feature. See fact.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: facture, factura

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfæk.t͡ʃəɹ/
British English: /ˈfæk.tʃə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

factures (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce facture?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæk.t͡ʃəɹ/.
What does facture mean?: The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.
Where does facture come from?: It is traced to French.

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