factorerie
French, noun/fak.tɔ.ʁə.ʁi/
factorerie is a French feminine noun meaning “the office or factory of a colonial agent or factor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le lieu, le bureau où les facteurs ou agents font les affaires d’une compagnie de commerce en pays étranger…”.
What does factorerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe office or factory of a colonial agent or factor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le lieu, le bureau où les facteurs ou agents font les affaires d’une compagnie de commerce en pays étranger, surtout aux colonies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of factorerie
- factoreries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce factorerie?
- /fak.tɔ.ʁə.ʁi/
- \fak.tɔʁ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is factorerie in French?
factorerie appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).