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Portuguese
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/ , (faster pronunciation) /fa.toˈɾjaw/
Noun
fatorial m (plural fatoriais)
- (mathematics, combinatorics) factorial (mathematical operation or its result)
Adjective
fatorial m or f (plural fatoriais)
- (mathematics) factorial