de facto

See also: defacto

English

Etymology

From Latin de facto, de (“from, by”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeɪˈfæktəʊ/, /dɪˈfæktəʊ/, /ˌdiːˈfæktəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌdeɪˈfæktoʊ/, /dɪˈfæktoʊ/, /ˌdiˈfæktoʊ/

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Adverb

de facto (not comparable)

1. (modal) In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

Adjective

de facto (not comparable)

1. In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)

   Although the United States currently has no official language, it is largely monolingual with English being the de facto national language.

   While it is largely agreed that Ukraine holds de jure sovereignty on Crimea, Russia exercises de facto administration on the peninsula.

   • 2021 November 18, “Taiwan deploys first advanced F-16V fighter squadron”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 November 2021:

     Taiwan held a ceremony on Thursday to commission the first squadron of its most advanced F-16 fighter, a US-made jet that will strengthen the island's defences against threats by China.
     President Tsai Ing-wen oversaw the ceremony at an air base in the southern city of Chiayi alongside Sandra Oudkirk, Washington's de facto ambassador to Taiwan.

Coordinate terms

• de jure

Translations

in fact or in practice

• Armenian: փաստորեն (hy) (pʻastoren), դե ֆակտո (hy) (de fakto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 事实上的, 实质上的

• Corsican: de facto, di fattu
• Dutch: de facto (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭfakte (adverb), laŭfakta (adjective)
• Finnish: de facto (fi), tosiasiallisesti
• French: de facto (fr), de fait (fr)
• Galician: de facto (gl), de feito (gl)
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• German: de facto (de)
• Greek: εκ των πραγμάτων (ek ton pragmáton), ντε φάκτο (el) (nte fákto)
• Ido: aktuala (io)
• Japanese: デファクト (defakuto), 事実上の (じじつじょうの, jijitsujō no)
• Persian: دفاکتو (de-fâkto), بالفعل (fa) (belfe'l)
• Polish: de facto (pl)
• Russian: де-фа́кто (ru) (dɛ-fákto), факти́ческий (ru) (faktíčeskij)
• Swedish: de facto (sv)
• Turkish: defakto (tr)

Alternative forms

• defacto (Australian)

Descendants

• Russian: де-фа́кто (de-fákto)

Noun

de facto (plural de factos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
   • 2008, David de Vaus, Chapter 15: Australian Families: Social and Demographic Patterns, in Charles B. Hennon, Stephan M. Wilson (editors), Families in a Global Context, 2011, page 383,

     The parental rights and responsibilities of de factos are the same as for legally married parents but, because property and maintenance of de factos is a state responsibility, there are differences between married and de factos in some states.

Hyponyms

• (legally undeclared spouse): common law husband/wife

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin de facto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de fak.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

de facto (invariable)

1. de facto

   Synonym: de fait

Adverb

de facto

1. de facto

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō, de (“from, by”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”)

Phrase

de facto

1. de facto

Further reading

• “de facto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de ˈfak.to/
• Rhymes: -akto
• Hyphenation: de‧fàc‧to

Adverb

de facto

1. de facto

   Antonym: de iure

Adjective

de facto (invariable)

1. de facto

   Antonym: de iure

References

• de facto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin de facto.

Adverb

de facto (not comparable)

1. de facto (in fact or in practice)

   Antonym: de iure

Further reading

• de facto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• de facto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• de fato (Brazil)

Adverb

(European Portuguese spelling)

1. truly
2. indeed
3. in fact

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Spanish

Adverb

de facto

1. truly
2. indeed
3. in fact

Further reading

• “de facto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014