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fabrica.

craft, art; craft of metalwork/building; construction/building/making; workshop, factory; workmanship; plan, device; trick;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfa.brɪ.ka]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.bri.ka]
  1. A smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop.

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft, architecture.

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. A skillful production, fabric, building, structure, fabrication, construct, artifice, machine

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. A crafty device, wile, trick, stratagem, machination

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin faber Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin fabrica From faber (“craftsman, smith”) + -icus. Originally this was an adjective *fabricus which was mainly used in the two phrases fabrica officīna "workplace of a faber" and fabrica ars "art of a faber", which led to two distinct core meanings.

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