factotum

== English == === Etymology === Ellipsis of domine fac totum, dominus fac totum / dominus factotum (“absolute ruler; head servant”), from Medieval Latin domine fac tōtum (“O Lord, do everything”), also with substition of nominative dominus for vocative domine. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fækˈtəʊ.təm/ (US) IPA(key): /fækˈtoʊ.təm/ === Noun === factotum (plural factotums or (nonstandard) factota) (dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. (dated) A general servant. Synonym: do-all A person employed to do all sorts of duties. A jack of all trades. Synonyms: handyman, jack of all trades, sciolist (printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing. ==== Translations ==== === References === “factotum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === Factotum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Possibly directly or else via French from New Latin factotum (literally “do everything”), from Latin fac, present singular imperative of faciō (“do, make”) + tōtum (“everything”); attested in Dutch from 1605. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɑkˈtoː.tʏm/ Hyphenation: fac‧to‧tum === Noun === factotum m (plural factotums, diminutive factotumpje n) factotum (jack-of-all-trades) ==== Synonyms ==== duivel-doet-al manusje-van-alles klusjesman (“handyman”) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from New Latin factōtum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fakˈtɔ.tum/ Rhymes: -ɔtum Hyphenation: fac‧tò‧tum === Noun === factotum m (invariable) an individual employed to do all sorts of duties Synonym: tuttofare 1816, "Largo al Factotum", Il barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French factotum, from Latin factotum. === Noun === factotum m (plural factotum) factotum ==== Declension ====