figura

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɡjʊəɹə/

Noun

figura (plural figurae)

1. (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.

   Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.

Related terms

• figura etymologica

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

figura f (plural figures)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

Related terms

• figuratiu

Further reading

• “figura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “figura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “figura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “figura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

figura

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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

Noun

figura

1. figure

   Synonym: (more commonly) şekil

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ura

Noun

figura f

1. figure
2. (board games): piece
3. dummy, puppet
4. (heraldry) charge

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• See fingovat

Further reading

• figura in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• figura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• figura in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁa/

Verb

figura

1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɣuɾa̝/

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure, representation
   • 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:

     hun privilegio seelado de hun seelo pendente eno qual seelo era de hua parte figura de rey encavalgado en seu cavalo teente ena mao destra una espada e da outra parte era figura de león

     a privilege, sealed with a hanging seal, in which seal it was on one side the figure of a king riding his horse, holding a sword in his right hand, and on the other side a figure of a lion

2. figure, aspect, shape
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:

     Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.

     The Cynocephali have a very long face, in the shape of a dog; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence

3. illustration
4. character (notable or eccentric person)

Derived terms

References

• “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “figura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “figura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “figura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

figura (plural figurák)

1. character, personage

   kitalált figura ― fictional character

2. (chess) piece
3. (dance, skating) figure

Declension

Derived terms

• sakkfigura

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and pigura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura (first-person possessive figuraku, second-person possessive figuramu, third-person possessive figuranya)

1. end of year celebration in Manado, in the form of a parade around the village, followed by men dressed as women and women dressed like men.
2. Alternative spelling of pigura

Further reading

• “figura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фигура (figura).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡurɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡuːrɑ/,
• Rhymes: -iɡur, -iɡuːrɑ
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura

1. figure, shape
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Mont kvadrattia ono joka figuraas?

     How many squares are there in each figure?

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

Noun

figura f (plural figure, diminutive figurìna or figurìno m or figurétta or figurettìna, augmentative (usually figurative) figuróna or (usually figurative) figuróne m, pejorative (usually figurative) figuràccia, derogatory figurùccia or figurettùccia)

1. figure (all senses)
2. illustration
3. character
4. impression, showing
5. court, coat, face (of playing cards)

Synonyms

• impressione

Related terms

• fare una bella / brutta figura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

figura

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

Further reading

• figura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• figura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• figùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• figura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• figura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• frugai

Latin

Etymology

From fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to form, to shape").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡuː.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/,

Noun

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

1. shape, form, figure
2. (geometry) shape
3. (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe

   Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit.

   He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• figura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• figura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
    

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian figura, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fgura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɡuː.ra/

Noun

figura f (plural figuri)

1. figure

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura f

1. shape
2. (anatomy) figure (human figure; shape of human body)

   Synonym: sylwetka

3. (chess) chess piece

Declension

Further reading

• figura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• figura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure (graphical representation)
2. figure (shape of something)
3. character (notable or eccentric person)

Related terms

• configuração

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

figura

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

Further reading

• “figura” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “figura” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “figura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “figura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “figura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “figura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

figura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of figură

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French figurer.

Verb

a figura (third-person singular present figurează, past participle figurat) 1st conj.

1. to appear (in a list, etc.), be included; to represent

Conjugation

Sardinian

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure

Further reading

• “figura” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɡǔːra/
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

1. figure
2. figurine
3. (chess) piece

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡuɾa/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

   Synonym: cargo

3. (theater) part, role
4. (theater) actor

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

figura

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

Further reading

• “figura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014