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factotum

 
Dictionary: fac·to·tum
(făk-tō'təm) pronunciation
n.
An employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of capacities.

[Medieval Latin factōtum : Latin fac, imperative of facere, to do + Latin tōtum, everything, from neuter of tōtus, all.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs


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A factotum is a general servant or a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. The word derives from the Latin command (imperative construction) fac totum ("do/make everything").

Factotum can also refer to:


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - faktotum, betroet tjener

Nederlands (Dutch)
factotum, manusje van alles, bediende die zijn meesters zaken regelt

Français (French)
n. - factotum, homme/femme à tout faire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faktotum

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπηρέτης γενικών καθηκόντων

Italiano (Italian)
factotum

Português (Portuguese)
n. - factótum (m)

Русский (Russian)
фактотум

Español (Spanish)
n. - factótum

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - allt-i-allo

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
杂役, 打杂的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雜役, 打雜的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡역부, 막일하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使用人, 雑役夫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستخدم يؤدي مختلف المهام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עובד כללי, משרת‬


 
 
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