-facture

suffix

Used to form nouns denoting the process of producing or making something.

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns denoting the process of producing or making something.

Origin

  1. Latinfactus“done, made”
  2. English-facture

Clipping of manufacture, ultimately from Latin factus (“done, made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“to do, make”).

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APA

-facture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-facture

MLA

“-facture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-facture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-facture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-facture.

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