ipso facto

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ipsō factō (“by the same fact”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪpsəʊ ˈfæktəʊ/ === Adverb === ipso facto (not comparable) By that very fact itself; actually. Coordinate term: eo ipso ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === ipso facto (not comparable) Being such by itself, or by its own definition; inherent. === See also === per se === Further reading === “ipso facto, adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “ipso facto”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Adverb === ipso facto ipso facto === References === “ipso facto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Alternative forms === issofatto (vernacular) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ipsō factō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.pso ˈfak.to/, /ˈi.pso ˈfak.to/ Rhymes: -akto Hyphenation: i‧pso‧fàc‧to, ì‧pso‧fàc‧to === Adverb === ipso facto immediately Synonyms: immediatamente, issofatto, subito lo cacciò ipso facto da casa sua ― he immediately kicked him out of his house (chiefly law) by that very fact itself; automatically, ipso facto Synonym: automaticamente === Further reading === ipso facto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ipsō factō (“by the same fact”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌibso ˈfaɡto/ [ˌiβ̞.so ˈfaɣ̞.t̪o] Syllabification: ip‧so fac‧to === Adverb === ipso facto ipso facto ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ipso facto”, 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