facula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).

Noun

facula (plural faculae)

  1. (astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots
    • Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach
      Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from fax (“torch”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ku.la/, [ˈfa.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

facula f (genitive faculae); first declension (Diminutive of: fax)

  1. small torch

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative facula faculae
genitive faculae faculārum
dative faculae faculīs
accusative faculam faculās
ablative faculā faculīs
vocative facula faculae

Descendants

  • Albanian: flakë (possibly)
  • Bulgarian: факлия (faklija) (borrowing)
  • Catalan: fàcula (borrowing), falla
  • Dutch: fakkel (borrowing)
  • English: facula (borrowing)
  • Galician: facha, facho
  • German: Fackel (borrowing, through Old High German)
  • Italian: facola (borrowing), fiaccola
  • Norwegian: fakkel (borrowing, through German)

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • facula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • facula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.