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Etymology
From alt + -ura.
Pronunciation
Noun
altura f (plural altures)
- height (distance from the base of something to the top)
- tallness (quality or characteristic of being tall)
- Synonym: altesa
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese altura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from alto (“high”) + -ura.
Pronunciation
Noun
altura f (plural alturas)
- height
1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 556:Outrosy mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra et sua moller façan outra porta a a dicta casa noua en a outra quadra via de de çima en o chaao, et que non aia altura nehuna do terreo, et que seia ancha tanto por que posa entrar longura de hun tonel a traues, et de altura por que posa entrar un ome ençima de hun caualo, et que non seia ferrada de ferro, saluo palmelas et golfoos pertenesçentes.- Otherwise, we command that said Martin Becerra and his wife should made another gate in this new house, in the other yard, in the ground level, which should not have any elevation over the ground; it should be wide enough to enter a barrel in long, and its height must be enough for a mounted man, and it should have no iron reinforcements beyond the needed leaves and pins
- highness
- hill, height
- (navigation) deep sea, open sea
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “altura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “altura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “altura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From alto + -ura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: al‧tù‧ra
Noun
altura f (plural alture)
- height, high ground
- deep sea
- high water
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
altūra
- inflection of altūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
altūrā
- ablative feminine singular of altūrus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese altura, from alto + -ura.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧tu‧ra
Noun
altura f (plural alturas)
- height
- Synonym: eminência
Tenho medo de altura.- I'm afraid of heights.
- altitude
- moment, period (in time, usually referring to the past)
- Synonyms: instante, momento, época, fase, ponto
Nessa altura, ninguém vivia na ilha.- At that time nobody lived on the island.
- loftiness
- (in the plural) sky, firmament
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From alto (“high”) + -ura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: al‧tu‧ra
Noun
altura f (plural alturas)
- height
- altitude
Derived terms
See also
Further reading