Fachn.

Brit.

/fax/,

/fak/, U.S.

/fɑk/,

/fɑx/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Fach.

Etymology: < German Fach compartment, subject, field, trade (see fec n.).

A line of work or business; an area or domain of activity or expertise; (a person's) métier.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > line of business or work

line1638

way1642

lay1707

walk1715

slang1789

métier1792

Fach1838

lark1934

line of work1957

1838 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 491 How this author comes to be so much more full and copious than his brethren of the same Fach we shall see in the sequel.

1842 J. S. Mill Let. Nov. (1910) I. 121 The thing is not in my fach.

1887 W. James Let. 6 Feb. (1920) I. 263 Wundt..isn't a genius, he is a professor—a being whose duty is to know everything, and have his own opinion about everything, connected with his Fach.

1923 Contemp. Rev. June 757 The Eldorado of story-tellers whose Fach is the portrayal of luxurious vice.

1963 Jrnl. Philos. 60 242 That refinement of theories which most Anglo–American philosophers nowadays consider their fach.

1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 43/2 While Edita Gruberová has upheld a healthy bel canto revival,..none of her excellent successors, in the Bellini and Donizetti Fach, have anything like her pulling power with the public.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fach
释义	Fachn. Brit. /fax/, /fak/, U.S. /fɑk/, /fɑx/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Fach. Etymology: < German Fach compartment, subject, field, trade (see fec n.). A line of work or business; an area or domain of activity or expertise; (a person's) métier. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > line of business or work line1638 way1642 lay1707 walk1715 slang1789 métier1792 Fach1838 lark1934 line of work1957 1838 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 491 How this author comes to be so much more full and copious than his brethren of the same Fach we shall see in the sequel. 1842 J. S. Mill Let. Nov. (1910) I. 121 The thing is not in my fach. 1887 W. James Let. 6 Feb. (1920) I. 263 Wundt..isn't a genius, he is a professor—a being whose duty is to know everything, and have his own opinion about everything, connected with his Fach. 1923 Contemp. Rev. June 757 The Eldorado of story-tellers whose Fach is the portrayal of luxurious vice. 1963 Jrnl. Philos. 60 242 That refinement of theories which most Anglo–American philosophers nowadays consider their fach. 1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 43/2 While Edita Gruberová has upheld a healthy bel canto revival,..none of her excellent successors, in the Bellini and Donizetti Fach, have anything like her pulling power with the public. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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