factoide
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- factóide (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fakˈtɔj.d͡ʒi/ [fakˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /fa.kiˈtɔj.d͡ʒi/ [fa.kiˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fakˈtɔj.de/ [fakˈtɔɪ̯.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈktɔj.dɨ/ [fɐˈktɔj.ðɨ]
- Hyphenation: fac‧toi‧de
Noun
factoide m (plural factoides)
- factoid (inaccurate statement believed to be true)
Further reading
- “factoide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “factoide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026