factice

English

Noun

factice (uncountable)

  1. Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factīcius. Compare the inherited Old French form faitis as well as the doublet fétiche, borrowed from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fak.tis/
  • (file)

Adjective

factice (plural factices)

  1. fake, artificial, false

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.