opificio

factory

noun oh-pee-FEE-choh Rare

Origin: Latin opificium, from opifex (craftsman, worker)

Also means

workshop

Usage Note

Opificio is a formal or literary word for a manufacturing establishment or workshop. In modern administrative Italian it survives in legal texts, urban-planning codes, and historical writing. The everyday equivalents are fabbrica (factory) or stabilimento (plant, facility). Opificio carries a slightly archaic flavour compared to these.

Examples

"L'opificio fu costruito nel XIX secolo."

Natural Translation

The factory was built in the 19th century.

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