factorial
Portuguese, noun
factorial is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of fatorial; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide fatorial”.
What does factorial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of fatorial; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of fatorial; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide fatorial
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of factorial
- factoriais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is factorial in Portuguese?
factorial appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).