fakt
التعريفات والمعاني
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism; Likely from Russian факт (fakt), ultimately from Latin factum.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
fakt (definite accusative faktı, plural faktlar)
fact
fakt budur ki[...] ― the fact is that...
Faktlar yaman tərs şeydir. ― Facts are a terribly stubborn thing.
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “fakt”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][3] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb
== Czech ==
=== Alternative forms ===
faktum
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Latin factum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈfakt]
Hyphenation: fakt
Rhymes: -akt
=== Noun ===
fakt m inan
fact
Synonym: skutečnost
Fakt jo? ― Really?; Seriously?
==== Declension ====
A more commonly used form for Nominative, Accusative and Vocative plural is fakta. This is a remnant of an earlier duplicate form faktum of neuter gender. For this reason when the plural form fakta is used, it is grammatically treated as having neuter gender, not masculine gender.
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“fakt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“fakt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“fakt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
fakt
inflection of faken:
second-person plural present
third-person singular present
plural imperative
== Kashubian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Polish fakt.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfakt/
Rhymes: -akt
Syllabification: fakt
=== Noun ===
fakt m inan
fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
=== Further reading ===
Jan Trepczyk (1994), “fakt”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volume 1, page 156
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “fakt”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[4], volume 1, page 391
== Livonian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latvian fakts.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɑkt/, [ˈfɑkˑt̪]
=== Noun ===
fakt
fact
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “fakt”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin factum. First attested in 1843.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfakt/
Rhymes: -akt
Syllabification: fakt
=== Noun ===
fakt m inan (diminutive fakcik)
(countable) fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
(uncountable) fact (something considered obvious by the speaker)
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Kashubian: fakt
=== Particle ===
fakt
that's a fact; the fact is
==== Derived terms ====
=== Trivia ===
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), fakt is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 42 times in scientific texts, 30 times in news, 70 times in essays, 22 times in fiction, and 10 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 174 times, making it the 330th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
fakt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
fakt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “fakt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fakt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 712
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
fȁkat
=== Etymology ===
From Latin factum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fâkt/
=== Noun ===
fȁkt m inan (Cyrillic spelling фа̏кт)
fact
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“fakt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Silesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Fakt.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfakt/
Rhymes: -akt
Syllabification: fakt
=== Noun ===
fakt m inan
fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
fakt in silling.org
== Slovak ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Latin factum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [fakt]
=== Noun ===
fakt m inan (relational adjective faktový, diminutive faktík)
fact
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
faktický
=== Further reading ===
“fakt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026