Feminine

facção

Meaning

  1. (feminine) militia
  2. (feminine) faction (group of people)
  3. (feminine) a subdivision of a political party
  4. (feminine) sect
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine) clipping of facção criminosa

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fakˈsɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin factiōnem. Doublet of feição, which was inherited, and fashion, from English.

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