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factional

/ˈfækʃənəl/FAK-shuh-nuhl
/ˈfækʃənəl/FAK-shuh-nuhl

Meaningrelating to a doing, or a party

Common meaning: relating to faction

Journey through time

  1. Latinfactionemsource
  2. Frenchfaction‘a faction or sect’source
  3. Englishfaction‘a group within a group’
  4. Englishformed in English from factionfactional‘relating to faction’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to a doing, or a party. It can be inferred from any of: faction.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from faction + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • factionem Latin · source word “a making”

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