фігура
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin figūra. Displaced earlier хвиґу́ра (xvygúra) in the literary language, from Polish figura. Compare Russian фигу́ра (figúra).
Pronunciation
Noun
фігу́ра • (fihúra) f inan (genitive фігу́ри, nominative plural фігу́ри, genitive plural фігу́р)
- figure (shape of a human body)
- Synonym: по́стать f (póstatʹ)
- figure (person or thing representing a certain consciousness)
- Synonym: по́стать f (póstatʹ)
- figure (shape)
- Synonyms: фо́рма f (fórma), кшталт m (kštalt)
- геометри́чна фігу́ра ― heometrýčna fihúra ― geometric figure
- (music) figure
- (chess) piece
- ша́хова фігу́ра ― šáxova fihúra ― chess piece, chessman
- (card games) face card
Declension
Declension of фігу́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
- ритори́чна фігу́ра f (rytorýčna fihúra, “rhetorical figure”)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “фігура”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “фігура”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “фігура”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “фігура”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)