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See also: literā and literă

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra

Noun

litera f

  1. (higher register) letter (letter of the alphabet)
    Synonym: písmeno

Declension

Declension of litera (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative litera litery
genitive litery liter
dative liteře literám
accusative literu litery
vocative litero litery
locative liteře literách
instrumental literou literami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • litera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • litera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of littera
    • 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, page 5:
      Latini habent literas viginti quinque: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, ſ, (s), t, u, v, x, y, z.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lītera līterae
Genitive līterae līterārum
Dative līterae līterīs
Accusative līteram līterās
Ablative līterā līterīs
Vocative lītera līterae

References

  • “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • litera 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)
  • litera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

Noun

litera f (4th declension)

  1. synonym of burtstabiņš

Declension

Declension of litera (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) litera literas
accusative (akuzatīvs) literu literas
genitive (ģenitīvs) literas literu
dative (datīvs) literai literām
instrumental (instrumentālis) literu literām
locative (lokatīvs) literā literās
vocative (vokatīvs) litera literas

Malagasy

Etymology

From English letter.

Noun

litera

  1. letter (of the alphabet)

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈtɛ.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

Noun

litera f (diminutive literka)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

Declension

Declension of litera
singular plural
nominative litera litery
genitive litery liter
dative literze literom
accusative literę litery
instrumental literą literami
locative literze literach
vocative litero litery

Derived terms

nouns
verbs
verbs

Related terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

From literă +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

a litera (third-person singular present literează, past participle literat) 1st conj.

  1. to letter
Conjugation
    conjugation of litera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a litera
gerund literând
past participle literat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present literez literezi literează literăm literați literează
imperfect literam literai litera literam literați literau
simple perfect literai literași literă literarăm literarăți literară
pluperfect literasem literaseși literase literaserăm literaserăți literaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să literez să literezi să litereze să literăm să literați să litereze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative literează literați
negative nu litera nu literați

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

litera

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of literă

Spanish

una litera en un dormitorio
unas literas en un tren

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan llitera, from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus (“bed”). First attested in 1600. A native Castilian outcome, for comparison, may have been *lechera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈteɾa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

Noun

litera f (plural literas)

  1. bunk
  2. bunk bed
  3. berth, couchette (on either a ship or a train)
    Synonym: camarote

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “lecho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 617

Further reading

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