LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

factūra

factūra f (genitive factūrae)
Classical[fakˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[fakˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. a making; manufacture
  2. a thing that has been manufactured

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefactūrafactūrae
genitivefactūraefactūrārum
dativefactūraefactūrīs
accusativefactūramfactūrās
ablativefactūrāfactūrīs
vocativefactūrafactūrae

factūra, ae, f. facio,
I. a making, manufacture, formation, = ποίησις (post-Aug. and very rare).
I. Prop.: in nostro orbe aliubi vena bonitatem hanc praestat, aliubi factura, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 145: corporis totius, Gell. 13, 29, 2; Vulg. Num. 8, 4.—
II. Transf., pass., a thing produced or created, a creature, work: anima factura dei est, Prud. Apoth. 792; so id. 856; Vulg. Eph. 2, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  5. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  6. Latinfactūra

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin factūra From faciō + -tūra.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanfactura
  • Englishfacture
  • Frenchfacture
  • GermanFaktur
  • GermanFaktura
  • Occitanfactura
  • Portuguesefatura
  • Spanishfactura
  • Albanianfytyrë
  • Asturianfactura
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanfachura
  • Englishfeaturefrom Old French faiture
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefeiturafrom Old Galician-Portuguese feitura
  • Spanishhechura
  • Asturianfechura
  • Galicianfeiturafrom Old Galician-Portuguese feitura
  • Cebuanohitsurafrom Spanish hechura
  • Tagaloghitsurafrom Spanish hechura
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianfăptură
  • Aromanianfãpturã
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianfattura
  • Albanianfaturëfrom Italian fattura
  • Arabicفاتورةfrom Italian fattura
  • Turkishfaturafrom Italian fattura
  • Venetanfatura
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianfature
Norwegian
  • Bokmålfaktura
  • Nynorskfaktura

In English words that came into English from factūra

  • featurefactūra
  • facturefactūra

Quick answers

What does factūra mean in Latin?
factūra, a noun, means “a making; manufacture; a thing that has been manufactured”.
What is the genitive of factūra?
The genitive singular is factūrae. factūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce factūra?
In classical Latin, [fakˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fakˈtuː.ra].
Where does factūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti → Proto-Italic *θakjō → Proto-Italic *fakjō → Latin factūra.