factory
pronunciation
How to pronounce factory in British English:
UK [ˈfæktri]
How to pronounce factory in American English:
US [ˈfæktri]
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- Noun:
- a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Word Origin
- factory
- factory: [16] Latin factor, a derivative of facere ‘make’, meant ‘maker, doer’ (it was introduced into English in the 15th century as ‘agent’, but was not adopted as a mathematical term until the mid 17th century). Among its post-classical derivatives were late Latin factōrium ‘oil-press’ and medieval Latin factōria ‘establishment for factors or agents’.It appears that the latter must have been the original source of the word factory in English, which at first meant ‘factorship, agency’. However, this does not fit in at all with its main modern sense ‘place where things are made’, first recorded in the early 17th century, which presumably must go back in some way to Latin factōrium.=> fact
- factory (n.)
- 1550s, "estate manager's office," from Middle French factorie (15c.), from Late Latin factorium "office for agents ('factors')," also "oil press, mill," from Latin factor "doer, maker" (see factor (n.)). From 1580s as "establishment of merchants and factors in a foreign place." Sense of "building for making goods" is first attested 1610s. Factory farm attested from 1890.
Example
- 1. We have a factory in afghanistan .
- 2. The current front line runs through a gypsum factory .
- 3. A toy factory nearby closed down this year .
- 4. Today , it is the most technically advanced yogurt factory in germany .
- 5. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied there too , prompting officials to locate the factory elsewhere .