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fā̆brĭca * ae, f 

a. faber, a joiner's shop, smith's shop, workshop.

b. An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft.

c. A skillful production, fabric, structure.

d. Fig., a crafty device, wile, trick, stratagem.

* Lewis, Charlton, 1890. T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company.

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(Historical) A workshop in ancient Roman fort.

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Factory, industrial plant, mill, building (under construction)

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Descendants:

Italo-Romance / Italian: fabbrica 

→ Albanian: fabrikë, Ottoman Turkish: فابریقه Turkish: fabrika, Romanian: fabrică, Sicilian: fràbbica

 

Learned borrowings:

Asturian: fábrica, Catalan: fàbrica, Crimean Tatar: fabrıqa, English: fabrica, Franco-Provençal: fabreca, French: fabrique Galician: fábrica, Macedonian: фабрика (fabrika), Piedmontese: fàbrica, Polish: fabryka, Occitan: fabrica, Portuguese: fábrica,  Russian: фа́брика (fábrika) → Ingush: фабрик (fabrik), Kazakh: фабрика (fabrika), Solon: fabrik, Uzbek: fabrika, Yakut: баабырыка (baabırıka), Spanish: fábrica, Venetian: fabrica

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