de facto
See also: defacto
English
Etymology
From Latin de facto, de (“from, by”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”)
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file)
Adverb
de facto (not comparable)
- (modal) In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.
Adjective
de facto (not comparable)
- 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.
Coordinate terms
Translations
in fact or in practice
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Alternative forms
- defacto (Australian)
Descendants
- Russian: де-фа́кто (de-fákto)
Noun
- (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.
- 1984, Sotirios Sarantakos, Living Together in Australia, page 141,
- One of the vendors was simple and straight; he said that it was his policy not to rent a house to de factos.
- 1984, Australian Senate, Senate Weekly Hansard, Volume 105, page 2213,
- An incidental sideline to this little farce, I suppose we can call it, is that the Opposition, in this policy, seems to have reversed its so often stated policy in this place on de factos.
- 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.
- 1984, Sotirios Sarantakos, Living Together in Australia, page 141,
Hyponyms
- (legally undeclared spouse): common law husband/wife
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
de facto (invariable)
Synonyms
Adverb
de facto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- de fato (Brazil)
Adverb
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Spanish
Adverb
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