faction

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• /ˈfæk.ʃən/
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• [ˈfæk.ʃən] ~ [ˈfæk.ʃn̩]
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Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.

Blend of fact + fiction.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fraksion — group of people
• Arabic: فَرِيق (farīq) — group of people
• Arabic: زَمْرَة (zamra) — group of people
• Arabic: عُصْبَة (ʕuṣba) — group of people
• Arabic: فَصِيلَة (faṣīla) — group of people
• Arabic: حَلْقَة (ḥalqa) — group of people
• Armenian: խմբակցություն (xmbakcʻutʻyun) — group of people
• Asturian: faición — group of people
• Azerbaijani: fraksiya — group of people
• Belarusian: фра́кцыя (frákcyja) — group of people
• Belarusian: клі́ка (klíka) — group of people
• Belarusian: крыло́ (kryló) — group of people
• Belarusian: групава́нне (hrupavánnje) — group of people
• Bulgarian: фра́кция (frákcija) — group of people
• Bulgarian: кли́ка (klíka) — group of people
• Catalan: facció — group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 幫派 /帮派 (bāngpài) — group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 派別 /派别 (pàibié) — group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 派系 (pàixì) — group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 派 (pài) — group of people
• Czech: frakce — group of people
• Czech: křídlo — group of people
• Czech: klika — group of people
• Danish: fraktion — group of people
• Dutch: fractie — group of people
• Dutch: factie — group of people
• Esperanto: frakcio — group of people
• Estonian: fraktsioon — group of people
• Finnish: siipi — group of people
• Finnish: suuntaus — group of people
• Finnish: faktio — group of people
• Finnish: fraktio — group of people
• French: faction — group of people
• Georgian: ფრაქცია (prakcia) — group of people
• German: Fraktion — group of people
• German: Flügel — group of people
• German: Seite — group of people
• Greek: φράξια (fráxia) — group of people
• Ancient Greek: αἵρεσις (haíresis) — group of people
• Hebrew: סִיעָה (si'á) — group of people
• Hindi: गुट (guṭ) — group of people
• Hindi: दल (dal) — group of people
• Hungarian: klikk — group of people
• Hungarian: frakció — group of people
• Indonesian: faksi — group of people
• Italian: fazione — group of people
• Japanese: 派閥 (habatsu) — group of people
• Kazakh: фракция (fraksiä) — group of people
• Korean: 파벌 (pabeol) — group of people
• Kyrgyz: фракция (fraktsiya) — group of people
• Kyrgyz: группировка (gruppirovka) — group of people
• Latin: pars — group of people
• Latvian: frakcija — group of people
• Lithuanian: frakcija — group of people
• Macedonian: фракција (frakcija) — group of people
• Māori: uepū — group of people
• Marathi: गट (gaṭ) — group of people
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraksjon — group of people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fraksjon — group of people
• Polish: frakcja — group of people
• Polish: stronnictwo — group of people
• Portuguese: facção — group of people
• Portuguese: fação — group of people
• Romanian: facțiune — group of people
• Romanian: fracțiune — group of people
• Russian: фра́кция (frákcija) — group of people
• Russian: группиро́вка (gruppiróvka) — group of people
• Russian: кли́ка (klíka) — group of people
• Russian: крыло́ (kryló) — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: фра̀кција — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: fràkcija — group of people
• Slovak: frakcia — group of people
• Slovak: krídlo — group of people
• Slovak: klika — group of people
• Slovene: frakcija — group of people
• Slovene: skupina — group of people
• Spanish: facción — group of people
• Swedish: fraktion — group of people
• Tajik: фраксия (fraksiya) — group of people
• Turkish: fraksiyon — group of people
• Ukrainian: фра́кція (frákcija) — group of people
• Ukrainian: клі́ка (klíka) — group of people
• Ukrainian: угрупо́вання (uhrupóvannja) — group of people
• Ukrainian: крило́ (kryló) — group of people
• Uzbek: fraksiya — group of people
• Vietnamese: đảng phái — group of people
• Welsh: asgell — group of people
• Bulgarian: разногла́сие (raznoglásie) — strife
• Bulgarian: раздо́р (razdór) — strife
• Czech: rozkol — strife
• Czech: rozpor — strife
• German: Spaltung — strife
• Greek: διχόνοια (dichónoia) — strife
• Greek: φαγωμάρα (fagomára) — strife
• Polish: konflikt — strife
• Polish: spór — strife
• Romanian: dezbinare — strife
• Romanian: rivalitate — strife
• Romanian: vrajbă — strife
• Russian: раздо́ры (razdóry) — strife
• Russian: ра́спри (ráspri) — strife
• Russian: интри́ги (intrígi) — strife
• Russian: разногла́сие (raznoglásije) — strife
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealachadh — strife
• Turkish: nifak — strife