apertura

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See also: aperturá, apertúra, apertură, and aperturą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertūra. Doublet of the inherited obertura.

Pronunciation

Noun

apertura f (plural apertures)

  1. Alternative form of obertura

Italian

Etymology

From Latin apertūra. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development. Doublet of ouverture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.perˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: a‧per‧tù‧ra

Noun

apertura f (plural aperture)

  1. opening (all meanings)
    Antonym: chiusura
  2. crack, slit
  3. slot
  4. placket
  5. openness, open-mindedness, broad-mindedness
  6. (optics) aperture
  7. (rugby) fly-half

Derived terms

Further reading

  • apertura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • apertura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) +‎ -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

apertūra f (genitive apertūrae); first declension

  1. an act of opening
  2. an opening, hole, aperture
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative apertūra apertūrae
genitive apertūrae apertūrārum
dative apertūrae apertūrīs
accusative apertūram apertūrās
ablative apertūrā apertūrīs
vocative apertūra apertūrae
Descendants
apertūra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Participle

apertūra

  1. inflection of apertūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

apertūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of apertūrus

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English aperture or French aperture, from Latin apertūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pɛrˈtu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: a‧per‧tu‧ra

Noun

apertura f

  1. (optics) aperture (a hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system)
    Synonyms: przesłona, przysłona

Declension

Declension of apertura
singular plural
nominative apertura apertury
genitive apertury apertur
dative aperturze aperturom
accusative aperturę apertury
instrumental aperturą aperturami
locative aperturze aperturach
vocative aperturo apertury

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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La apertura Ruy López
The Ruy Lopez opening

Borrowed from Latin apertūra. Doublet of the inherited abertura. Cognate with English aperture.

Noun

apertura f (plural aperturas)

  1. opening (act of making something open)
    Antonym: clausura
  2. (optics) aperture (something which restricts the diameter of a light path)
  3. (chess) opening (the first few moves)
  4. opening ceremony
  5. openness, open-mindedness
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

apertura

  1. inflection of aperturar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia