fatorial

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• factorial (pre-1990 spelling)

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/ [fa.to.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster) /fa.toˈɾjaw/ [fa.toˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fa.tuˈɾjal/ [fa.tuˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fa.tuˈɾjal/ [fa.tuˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fa.tuˈɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: fa‧to‧ri‧al

Noun

fatorial m (plural fatoriais)

1. (mathematics, combinatorics) factorial (mathematical operation or its result)

Related terms

• fator

Adjective

fatorial m or f (plural fatoriais)

1. (mathematics) factorial

Further reading

• “fatorial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fatorial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026