facula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfækjʊlə/ === Noun === facula (plural faculae) (astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === faucal == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from fax (“torch”) +‎ -ula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.ku.la] === Noun === facula f (genitive faculae); first declension small torch ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “facula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “facula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "facula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “facula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. facula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016