"factotum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fækˈtəʊ.təm/ [UK], /fækˈtoʊ.təm/ [US] Audio: en-us-factotum.ogg Forms: factotums [plural], factota [nonstandard, plural]
Etymology: From New Latin factotum (literally “do everything”), from Latin fac, present singular imperative of faciō (“do, make”) + tōtum (“everything”); attested in English from 1566. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|factotum||lit=do everything}} New Latin factotum (literally “do everything”), {{der|en|la|fac}} Latin fac Head templates: {{en-noun|+|factota|pl2qual=nonstandard}} factotum (plural factotums or (nonstandard) factota)
  1. (dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. Tags: dated Translations (person having many responsibilities): altmuligmand [common-gender] (Danish), factotum [masculine] (French), Faktotum [neuter] (German), παντοποιός (pantopoiós) [masculine] (Greek), tótumfaktum (Hungarian), factotum [masculine] (Italian), фактотум (faktotum) (Kyrgyz), ишенген кызматкер (işengen kızmatker) (Kyrgyz), totumfacki [masculine, person] (Polish), totumfacka [feminine] (Polish), factótum [masculine] (Portuguese), faz tudo (Portuguese), factoto [masculine] (Portuguese), todero [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (dated) A general servant. Tags: dated Synonyms: do-all Translations (general servant): děvče pro všechno [neuter] (Czech), faktotum [neuter] (Danish), factotum [masculine] (Dutch), manusje-van-alles [neuter] (Dutch), Faktotum [neuter] (German), tótumfaktum (Hungarian), factotum [masculine] (Italian), totumfacki [masculine, person] (Polish), totumfacka [feminine] (Polish), gille-gach-gnothaich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), muchacho de los mandados [masculine] (Spanish), hombre orquesta [neuter] (Spanish), allt-i-allo (Swedish)
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  3. A person employed to do all sorts of duties.
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  4. A jack of all trades. Synonyms: handyman, jack of all trades, sciolist Translations (jack of all trades): момче за всичко (momče za vsičko) (Bulgarian), factotum [masculine] (Dutch), manusje-van-alles [neuter] (Dutch), duiveldoetal [masculine] (Dutch), Alleskönner [masculine] (German), Mädchen für alles (German), ezermester (Hungarian), faktotum (Ido), faz-tudo (Portuguese), мастер на все руки (master na vse ruki) (Russian), katica za sve [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), muchacho de los mandados [masculine] (Spanish), hombre orquesta [neuter] (Spanish)
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  5. (printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Printing
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          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "responsibilities",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1847 March 30, Herman Melville, chapter 73, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "I had almost forgotten Monee, the grinning old man who prepared our meal. […] He was Po-Po’s factotum—cook, butler, and climber of the bread-fruit and cocoa-nut trees; and, added to all else, a mighty favourite with his mistress; with whom he would sit smoking and gossiping by the hour.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 61, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Susan Bonner’s mistress hearing of Strong’s arrival sent for him at this juncture, and the Chevalier went up to her ladyship not without hopes that he should find her more tractable than her factotum Mrs. Bonner.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A general servant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A general servant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "do-all"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 5, Jon Schwarz, The Intercept, First Look Media:",
          "text": "Biden’s and Bush’s factotums had to walk their statements quickly back, emphasizing that U.S. policy had not changed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person employed to do all sorts of duties."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duties",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 10, Ann Hornaday, “‘Phantom Thread’: In his final role, Daniel Day-Lewis reminds us he’s a monumental talent”, in Washington Post:",
          "text": "He lives with his devoted sister and factotum, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a series of women who tend to be quietly eased out when they demand too much time and attention or — heaven forfend! — dare to speak during Woodcock’s monastic creative routine.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jack of all trades."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jack of all trades",
          "jack of all trades"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "handyman"
        },
        {
          "word": "jack of all trades"
        },
        {
          "word": "sciolist"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "decorative",
          "decorative"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fækˈtəʊ.təm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fækˈtoʊ.təm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "altmuligmand"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Faktotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pantopoiós",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παντοποιός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "word": "tótumfaktum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "faktotum",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "word": "фактотум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "işengen kızmatker",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "word": "ишенген кызматкер"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "totumfacki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "totumfacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factótum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "word": "faz tudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person having many responsibilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "todero"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "děvče pro všechno"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "faktotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "manusje-van-alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Faktotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "word": "tótumfaktum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "totumfacki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "totumfacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gille-gach-gnothaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muchacho de los mandados"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hombre orquesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "general servant",
      "word": "allt-i-allo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "momče za vsičko",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "момче за всичко"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "factotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "manusje-van-alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duiveldoetal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Alleskönner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "Mädchen für alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "ezermester"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "faktotum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "faz-tudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "master na vse ruki",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "мастер на все руки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "master na vse ruki",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "word": "мастер на все руки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "katica za sve"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muchacho de los mandados"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "jack of all trades",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hombre orquesta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "factotum"
}

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