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From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.

333 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fakt — an honest observation
• Arabic: مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma) — an honest observation
• Arabic: حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa) — an honest observation
• Arabic: وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa) — an honest observation
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — an honest observation
• Aromanian: faptu — an honest observation
• Asturian: fechu — an honest observation
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Catalan: fet — an honest observation
• Chinese Mandarin: 真相 (zhēnxiàng) — an honest observation
• Chinese Mandarin: 事實 /事实 (shìshí) — an honest observation
• Czech: fakt — an honest observation
• Danish: kendsgerning — an honest observation
• Danish: faktum — an honest observation
• Dutch: feit — an honest observation
• Esperanto: fakto — an honest observation
• Estonian: fakt — an honest observation
• Finnish: tosiasia — an honest observation
• Finnish: fakta — an honest observation
• Finnish: tosio — an honest observation
• French: fait — an honest observation
• French: vérité — an honest observation
• Friulian: fat — an honest observation
• Galician: feito — an honest observation
• Georgian: ფაქტი (pakṭi) — an honest observation
• German: Tatsache — an honest observation
• German: Fakt — an honest observation
• Greek: γεγονός (gegonós) — an honest observation
• Hebrew: עובדה — an honest observation
• Hebrew: עֻבְדָּה (uvdá) — an honest observation
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — an honest observation
• Hungarian: tény — an honest observation
• Icelandic: raun — an honest observation
• Ido: fakto — an honest observation
• Italian: fatto — an honest observation
• Japanese: 事実 (jijitsu) — an honest observation
• Kazakh: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Korean: 사실 (sasil) — an honest observation
• Korean: 진상 (jinsang) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: окуя (okuya) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: болмуш (bolmuş) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: чындык (cındık) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: күч (küc) — an honest observation
• Kyrgyz: жароо (jaroo) — an honest observation
• Latvian: fakts — an honest observation
• Latvian: notikums — an honest observation
• Lithuanian: faktas — an honest observation
• Macedonian: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Māori: meka — an honest observation
• Neapolitan: fatto — an honest observation
• Norwegian Bokmål: faktum — an honest observation
• Occitan: fach — an honest observation
• Iranian Persian: فاکْت (fâkt) — an honest observation
• Iranian Persian: واقِعِه (vâġe'e) — an honest observation
• Polish: fakt — an honest observation
• Portuguese: fato — an honest observation
• Portuguese: facto — an honest observation
• Romani: fákto — an honest observation
• Romanian: fapt — an honest observation
• Romansh: fatg — an honest observation
• Romansh: fat — an honest observation
• Russian: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Sardinian: fatu — an honest observation
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — an honest observation
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — an honest observation
• Sicilian: fattu — an honest observation
• Slovak: fakt — an honest observation
• Slovene: dejstvo — an honest observation
• Spanish: hecho — an honest observation
• Spanish: facto — an honest observation
• Swedish: faktum — an honest observation
• Tagalog: makatotohanang obserbasyon — an honest observation
• Tagalog: bagha — an honest observation
• Telugu: నిజానికి (nijāniki) — an honest observation
• Turkish: olgu — an honest observation
• Ukrainian: факт (fakt) — an honest observation
• Venetan: fato — an honest observation
• Vietnamese: sự thật — an honest observation
• Walloon: fwait — an honest observation
• Yiddish: פֿאַקט (fakt) — an honest observation
• Albanian: fakt — something actual
• Arabic: حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa) — something actual
• Arabic: مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma) — something actual
• Arabic: وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa) — something actual
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — something actual
• Asturian: fechu — something actual
• Azerbaijani: fakt — something actual
• Azerbaijani: həqiqət — something actual
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Bengali: সত্য (śotto) — something actual
• Bhojpuri: तथ्य (tathya) — something actual
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Chinese Cantonese: 事實 /事实 (si6 sat6) — something actual
• Chinese Mandarin: 事實 /事实 (shìshí) — something actual
• Cornish: feth — something actual
• Czech: fakt — something actual
• Czech: skutečnost — something actual
• Danish: virkelighed — something actual
• Danish: faktum — something actual
• Dutch: feit — something actual
• Dutch: werkelijkheid — something actual
• Esperanto: fakto — something actual
• Estonian: tõsiasi — something actual
• Estonian: fakt — something actual
• Finnish: tosiasia — something actual
• Finnish: fakta — something actual
• Finnish: tosio — something actual
• French: fait — something actual
• Georgian: ფაქტი (pakṭi) — something actual
• German: Tatsache — something actual
• German: Fakt — something actual
• German: Wirklichkeit — something actual
• Greek: γεγονός (gegonós) — something actual
• Ancient Greek: πρᾶγμα (prâgma) — something actual
• Hebrew: עובדה — something actual
• Hebrew: עֻבְדָּה (uvdá) — something actual
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — something actual
• Hungarian: tény — something actual
• Icelandic: raun — something actual
• Icelandic: staðreynd — something actual
• Ido: fakto — something actual
• Irish: fíric — something actual
• Italian: dato di fatto — something actual
• Italian: fatto — something actual
• Japanese: 事実 (jijitsu) — something actual
• Kazakh: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Kazakh: ақиқат (aqiqat) — something actual
• Korean: 사실 (sasil) — something actual
• Kyrgyz: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Kyrgyz: акыйкат (akıykat) — something actual
• Latvian: fakts — something actual
• Lithuanian: faktas — something actual
• Macedonian: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Malay: fakta — something actual
• Maltese: fatt — something actual
• Māori: meka — something actual
• Mongolian: баримт (barimt) — something actual
• Norwegian Bokmål: faktum — something actual
• Norwegian Bokmål: virkelighet — something actual
• Iranian Persian: فاکْت (fâkt) — something actual
• Iranian Persian: حَقیقَت (haġiġat) — something actual
• Polish: fakt — something actual
• Portuguese: fato — something actual
• Portuguese: facto — something actual
• Romanian: fapt — something actual
• Romanian: faptă — something actual
• Russian: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn — something actual
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — something actual
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — something actual
• Slovak: fakt — something actual
• Slovak: skutočnosť — something actual
• Slovene: dejstvo — something actual
• Spanish: facto — something actual
• Swedish: faktum — something actual
• Swedish: verklighet — something actual
• Tagalog: bagha — something actual
• Tajik: ҳақиқат (haqiqat) — something actual
• Tajik: воқеа (voqea) — something actual
• Tajik: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Thai: ข้อเท็จจริง (kɔ̂ɔ-tét-jing) — something actual
• Turkish: hakikat — something actual
• Ottoman Turkish: حقیقت (hakikat) — something actual
• Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek) — something actual
• Turkmen: fakt — something actual
• Turkmen: hakykat — something actual
• Ukrainian: факт (fakt) — something actual
• Urdu: حَقِیقَت (haqīqat) — something actual
• Uyghur: پاكىت (pakit) — something actual
• Uzbek: fakt — something actual
• Vietnamese: sự việc — something actual
• Vietnamese: sự thật — something actual
• Welsh: ffaith — something actual
• Yiddish: פֿאַקט (fakt) — something actual
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — something which has become real
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — something which has become real
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — something which has become real
• Chinese Mandarin: 事實 /事实 (shìshí) — something which has become real
• Czech: fakt — something which has become real
• Czech: skutečnost — something which has become real
• Danish: kendsgerning — something which has become real
• Danish: faktum — something which has become real
• Dutch: feit — something which has become real
• Esperanto: fakto — something which has become real
• Estonian: tõsiasi — something which has become real
• Estonian: fakt — something which has become real
• Finnish: tosiasia — something which has become real
• Finnish: fakta — something which has become real
• Finnish: tosio — something which has become real
• French: fait — something which has become real
• German: Fakt — something which has become real
• German: Tatsache — something which has become real
• Ancient Greek: πρᾶγμα (prâgma) — something which has become real
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — something which has become real
• Icelandic: raunveruleiki — something which has become real
• Ido: fakto — something which has become real
• Japanese: 現実 (genjitsu) — something which has become real
• Korean: 현실 (hyeonsil) — something which has become real
• Malay: kenyataan — something which has become real
• Polish: fakt — something which has become real
• Portuguese: fato — something which has become real
• Portuguese: facto — something which has become real
• Russian: факт (fakt) — something which has become real
• Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn — something which has become real
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — something which has become real
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — something which has become real
• Slovak: fakt — something which has become real
• Slovak: skutočnosť — something which has become real
• Slovene: dejstvo — something which has become real
• Spanish: fecho — something which has become real
• Spanish: hecho — something which has become real
• Swedish: verklighet — something which has become real
• Tagalog: bagha — something which has become real
• Ukrainian: факт (fakt) — something which has become real
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Chinese Mandarin: 實情 /实情 (shíqíng) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Czech: fakt — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Danish: faktum — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Dutch: feit — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Esperanto: fakto — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Estonian: fakt — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Finnish: tosiasia — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Finnish: fakta — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Finnish: tosio — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• French: fait — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• French: vérité — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• German: Faktum — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• German: Tatsache — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Ancient Greek: πρᾶγμα (prâgma) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Icelandic: staðreynd — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Ido: fakto — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Irish: fíric — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Italian: fatto — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Japanese: 事実 (jijitsu) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Korean: 사실 (sasil) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Macedonian: факт (fakt) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Māori: meka — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Norwegian Bokmål: faktum — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Polish: fakt — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Portuguese: fato — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Portuguese: facto — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Romanian: faptă — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Russian: факт (fakt) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Slovak: fakt — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Slovene: dejstvo — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Spanish: hecho — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Spanish: facto — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Swedish: faktum — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Tagalog: bagha — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Ukrainian: факт (fakt) — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Welsh: ffaith — something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Chinese Mandarin: 實際 /实际 (shíjì) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Czech: fakt — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Czech: skutečnost — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Danish: kendsgerning — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Danish: faktum — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Dutch: feit — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Esperanto: fakto — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Estonian: fakt — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Finnish: tosiasia — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Finnish: fakta — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Finnish: tosio — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• French: fait — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• German: Faktum — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• German: Tatsache — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Greek: γεγονός (gegonós) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Hindi: वास्तव (vāstav) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Ido: fakto — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Japanese: 事実 (jijitsu) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Korean: 실제 (silje) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Korean: 기정사실 (gijeongsasil) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Korean: 사실 (sasil) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Māori: meka — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Polish: fakt — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Portuguese: fato — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Portuguese: facto — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Romanian: fapt — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Russian: факт (fakt) — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Slovene: dejstvo — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Spanish: hecho — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Spanish: facto — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Swedish: faktum — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Tagalog: bagha — an objective consensus on a fundamental reality
• Armenian: փաստ (pʻast) — information about a particular subject
• Belarusian: факт (fakt) — information about a particular subject
• Bulgarian: факт (fakt) — information about a particular subject
• Chinese Mandarin: 事實 /事实 (shìshí) — information about a particular subject
• Czech: fakt — information about a particular subject
• Danish: kendsgerning — information about a particular subject
• Danish: faktum — information about a particular subject
• Dutch: feit — information about a particular subject
• Esperanto: fakto — information about a particular subject
• Finnish: tieto — information about a particular subject
• Finnish: tosiasia — information about a particular subject
• Finnish: fakta — information about a particular subject
• Finnish: tosio — information about a particular subject
• German: Faktum — information about a particular subject
• German: Tatsache — information about a particular subject
• Hindi: वास्तविक (vāstavik) — information about a particular subject
• Icelandic: staðreynd — information about a particular subject
• Ido: fakto — information about a particular subject
• Irish: fíric — information about a particular subject
• Italian: dati — information about a particular subject
• Japanese: 実情 (jitsujō) — information about a particular subject
• Korean: 정보 (jeongbo) — information about a particular subject
• Korean: 사실 (sasil) — information about a particular subject
• Māori: meka — information about a particular subject
• Polish: fakt — information about a particular subject
• Portuguese: fato — information about a particular subject
• Portuguese: facto — information about a particular subject
• Romanian: fapt — information about a particular subject
• Russian: факт (fakt) — information about a particular subject
• Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn — information about a particular subject
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏њеница — information about a particular subject
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉnjenica — information about a particular subject
• Spanish: facto — information about a particular subject
• Swedish: faktum — information about a particular subject
• Tagalog: bagha — information about a particular subject