fatorial

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin factoriālis, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fa.to.ɾiˈaw/ [fa.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /fa.toˈɾjaw/ [fa.toˈɾjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fa.tuˈɾjal/ [fa.tuˈɾjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fa.tuˈɾja.li/

  • Hyphenation: fa‧to‧ri‧al

Noun

fatorial m (plural fatoriais)

  1. (mathematics, combinatorics) factorial (mathematical operation or its result)

Adjective

fatorial m or f (plural fatoriais)

  1. (mathematics) factorial

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