factory
A building or other place where manufacturing takes placeA building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
» My father works in a factory.
Mein Vater arbeitet in der Fabrik. — Esperantostern
Mein Vater arbeitet in einer Fabrik. — wolfgangth
Мой отец работает на заводе. — marafon
Мій батько працює на фабриці. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 sensesA building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.
Fabrik, Manufaktur, Werk
фа́брикаfábrika, заво́дzavód, комбина́тkombinát
фа́брикаfábryka, заво́дzavód
(UK, slang)A police station.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
chicken factory; pig factory
факто́рияfaktórija
In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
(attributive)The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
factory settings; factory defaults; a factory reset
(historical)A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
(Scotland, archaic)The position or state of being a factor.
(obsolete)An invoice or inventory.
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Examples
499 sentencesMy father works in a factory.
Мій батько працює на фабриці. — deniko
ruМой отец работает на заводе. — marafon
deMein Vater arbeitet in der Fabrik. — Esperantostern
Tom works in a car factory.
Том працює на автомобільній фарбиці. — deniko
deTom arbeitet in einer Autofabrik. — wolfgangth
They decided to shut down the factory.
Вони вирішили закрити завод. — deniko
ruОни решили закрыть завод. — Hellerick
deEs wurde beschlossen, die Fabrik zu schließen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The factory is running at full capacity.
Завод працює на повну потужність. — leyla
ruЗавод работает на полной мощности. — afyodor
deDie Fabrik läuft unter Volllast. — al_ex_an_der
He doesn't want to work in a factory.
Він не хоче працювати на фабриці. — deniko
ruОн не хочет работать на фабрике. — odexed
deEr will nicht in einer Fabrik arbeiten. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Probably from factor + -y, although in noun sense 1 (“a place where manufacturing takes plProbably from factor + -y, although in noun sense 1 (“a place where manufacturing takes place”) apparently influenced strongly by association with Classical Latin fact-, the past participial stem of faciō (“to make”); compare manufactory and Latin factōrium (“an oil press”). In noun sense 8 (“a trading establishment”), originally after Portuguese feitoria. In noun sense 9 (“an invoice or inventory”), probably after obsolete Dutch facture (“bill”); see facture.
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Forms
plural: factoriesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing:millmanufacturing plantmanufactory
Word family
53 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- in a factory
- in this factory
- the factory where
- at the factory
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.