factual

== English == === Etymology === From fact +‎ -ual, modeled after, and by analogy with, actual. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ (dated, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfæk.tj(ʊ)əl/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfɛk.(t)ʃ(ʉː)əl/ Rhymes: -æktʃuəl, -æktʃəl, -ækʃuəl, -ækʃəl === Adjective === factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual) Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims. Antonyms: unfactual, nonfactual; opinionated, subjective; biased Coordinate term: semifactual True, accurate, corresponding to reality. Antonyms: counterfactual, contrafactual, antifactual, unfactual, nonfactual, post-factual, extra-factual Coordinate term: semifactual ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “factual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “factual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Noun === factual (uncountable) (broadcasting) Programmes having content based on facts, such as documentaries. === Anagrams === caul fat == Catalan == === Etymology === From facte +‎ -al, with an interfixed -u- by analogy with actual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fək.tuˈal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fak.tuˈal] === Adjective === factual m or f (masculine and feminine plural factuals) factual nonfiction ==== Derived terms ==== contrafactual === Further reading === “factual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “factual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === fatual (Brazil) === Etymology === From facto +‎ -ual. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: fac‧tu‧al === Adjective === factual m or f (plural factuais) factual (consisting of facts) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “factual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French factuel. === Adjective === factual m or n (feminine singular factuală, masculine plural factuali, feminine/neuter plural factuale) factual ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faɡˈtwal/ [faɣ̞ˈt̪wal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: fac‧tual === Adjective === factual m or f (masculine and feminine plural factuales) factual Synonym: fáctico ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “factual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025