letra
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Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish letra and French lettre.
Pronunciation
Noun
letra inan
- letter of the alphabet
- Synonym: izki
- handwriting
- Synonym: idazkera
- (Northern) letter (written message)
- (banking) Short for kanbio-letra (“bill of exchange”).
Declension
Declension of letra (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | letra | letra | letrak |
| ergative | letrak | letrak | letrek |
| dative | letrari | letrari | letrei |
| genitive | letraren | letraren | letren |
| comitative | letrarekin | letrarekin | letrekin |
| causative | letrarengatik | letrarengatik | letrengatik |
| benefactive | letrarentzat | letrarentzat | letrentzat |
| instrumental | letraz | letraz | letrez |
| inessive | letratan | letran | letretan |
| locative | letratako | letrako | letretako |
| allative | letratara | letrara | letretara |
| terminative | letrataraino | letraraino | letretaraino |
| directive | letratarantz | letrarantz | letretarantz |
| destinative | letratarako | letrarako | letretarako |
| ablative | letratatik | letratik | letretatik |
| partitive | letrarik | — | — |
| prolative | letratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- kanbio-letra (“bill of exchange”)
- letra etzan (“italics”)
- letra larri (“upper case”)
- letra lodi (“bold”)
- letra xehe (“lower case”)
- letra-gizon
- letra-tipo
- letradun (“learned”)
- letragabe (“illiterate”)
- letragabeko (“illiterate”)
- letraldatu (“to transliterate”)
- letratu (“learned”)
- letraz (“in written form”)
- letrazale
Related terms
Further reading
- “letra”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “letra”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish letra (“letter of the alphabet”), from Latin littera.
Noun
letra
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.
Noun
letra
- A letter of the alphabet.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10
- in jntlatolpan, vnca in letra. R.
- (in their language was the letter r.)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10
References
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan , from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
Further reading
- “letra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Kankanaey
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
letra
References
- Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan , from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: le‧tra
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
- calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting
- Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita
- (informal) font
- Synonym: fonte
- (music) lyrics (words of a song)
- (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball
Coordinate terms
- (letter of the alphabet): glifo, hieróglifo, ideograma, pictograma, runa
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
letra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan , from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan , from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (symbol)
- Hypernym: carácter
- handwriting
- lyrics
Derived terms
- a la letra
- al pie de la letra
- apurar una letra
- bellas letras
- buenas letras
- con todas las letras
- cotejo de letras
- cuatro letras
- de puño y letra
- dos letras
- hombre de letras
- juntaletras
- letra bastardilla
- letra chica
- letra corrida
- letra cursiva
- letra de cambio
- letra de guarismo
- letra de imprenta
- letra de mano
- letra de molde
- letra de Tortis
- letra lunar
- letra mayúscula
- letra minúscula
- letra pequeña
- letra por letra
- letra superior
- letra volada
- letra voladita
- letras chinas
- letrilla
- mujer de letras
- primeras letras
- sopa de letras
- tipo de letra
- unas letras
Descendants
Further reading
- “letra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/
- Rhymes: -etɾa
- Syllabification: let‧ra
Noun
letra (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇ)
- letter (of the alphabet)
- Synonym: titik
- penmanship; style of handwriting
- Synonym: sulat-kamay
- letter type
- Synonym: tipo
- lyrics (of a song)
- Synonym: titik
- style by which letters were made by hands
- Synonyms: pagkakaletra, pagkakapagletra
- literature
- Synonyms: panitikan, literatura