ligatura

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See also: ligatúra and ligãturã

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

ligatura f

  1. (typography) ligature
    Synonym: slitek m

Declension

Declension of ligatura (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative ligatura ligatury
genitive ligatury ligatur
dative ligatuře ligaturám
accusative ligaturu ligatury
vocative ligaturo ligatury
locative ligatuře ligaturách
instrumental ligaturou ligaturami

Further reading

  • “ligatura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “ligatura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “ligatura”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Verb

ligatura

  1. third-person singular past historic of ligaturer

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Found in Vulgar and Late Latin. From ligō (“tie, bind”) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

ligātūra f (genitive ligātūrae); first declension

  1. binding, tying
  2. bookbinding

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ligātūra ligātūrae
Genitive ligātūrae ligātūrārum
Dative ligātūrae ligātūrīs
Accusative ligātūram ligātūrās
Ablative ligātūrā ligātūrīs
Vocative ligātūra ligātūrae

Descendants

References

  • “ligatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ligatura 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)
  • ligatura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ligatura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ligātūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.ɡaˈtu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: li‧ga‧tu‧ra

Noun

ligatura f

  1. (typography) ligature
  2. (music) ligature
  3. (medicine) ligature

Declension

Declension of ligatura
singular plural
nominative ligatura ligatury
genitive ligatury ligatur
dative ligaturze ligaturom
accusative ligaturę ligatury
instrumental ligaturą ligaturami
locative ligaturze ligaturach
vocative ligaturo ligatury

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

ligatura f (plural ligaturas)

  1. (typography) ligature (character that combines multiple letters)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ligatúra f (Cyrillic spelling лигату́ра)

  1. (typography) ligature

Declension

Declension of ligatura
singular plural
nominative ligatura ligature
genitive ligature ligatura
dative ligaturi ligaturama
accusative ligaturu ligature
vocative ligaturo ligature
locative ligaturi ligaturama
instrumental ligaturom ligaturama
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