factory

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
2. (UK, slang) A police station.
3. A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
4. A factory farm.
5. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
6. (attributive) The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
7. (Scotland, archaic) The position or state of being a factor.
8. (historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

Adj

Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Concepts

usine

🏭

fabrique

🏭

manufacture

🏭

atelier

établissement industriel

matière première végétale

centrale

moulin

factorerie

Synonymes

plant

🌱

mill

works

workshop

manufactory

manufacturing plant

manufacture

work

trading post

workplace

studio

fabrication

maker

manufacturer

manufacturing

reality

shop

sweatshop

development

industry

manufacturing works

builder

foreign agency

business

canteen

chintz

company

concern

enterprise

establishment

government agency

industrial enterprise

industrial plant

institution

Traductions

Fabrik

🌱

fabbrica

🏭

fábrica

🏭

fabriek

🏭

fábrica

🏭

fabrika

🏭

fàbrica

🏭

εργοστάσιο

factoría

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Werk

مصنع

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usina

🌱

opificio

🏭

Betrieb

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à moyen français: factorie

Appartenant à italien: fattoria

Appartenant à espagnol: factoría

Appartenant à portugais: feitoria

Appartenant à néerlandais: factorij

In summary

From factor + y.
Compare Middle French factorie; Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.

Phrases

Industries included two sawmills , one gristmill , and one clothing factory .

Les industries comprenaient deux scieries, un moulin à mouches et une usine de vêtements.