literatura

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Aragonese

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (grammar; philology), from littera (letter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

Noun

literatura f

  1. literature

References

  • literatura”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Catalan

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (grammar; philology), from littera (letter).

Pronunciation

Noun

literatura f (plural literatures)

  1. literature

Further reading

Czech

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

literatura f

  1. literature
    Synonyms: písemnictví, slovesnost
  2. bibliography (section of a written work)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin litterātūra.

Pronunciation

Adjective

literatura (accusative singular literaturan, plural literaturaj, accusative plural literaturajn)

  1. literary

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

Noun

literatura f

  1. literature

Declension

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “literatura”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.[1][2][3] First attested in 1754.[4] Compare Silesian literatura.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

Noun

literatura f (abbreviation lit.)

  1. literature (body of all written works)
  2. literature (all papers, treatises, etc.)
  3. (education) literature (study of written works)
  4. literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
  5. (obsolete) stylistics
    Synonym: stylistyka
  6. (obsolete) philology
    Synonym: filologia
  7. (obsolete) large amount of text to read

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs

Descendants

  • Kashubian: lëteratura

References

  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “literatura”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “litera”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ LITERATURA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 27.09.2019

Further reading

Portuguese

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (grammar; philology), from littera (letter). Doublet of letradura.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)

  1. literature (a body of written works collectively)
    Synonym: (obsolete) letradura
    1. (literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)
    2. (literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)
    3. (literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)
    4. (sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)
      Synonym: bibliografia
  2. (literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)
  3. (literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

Noun

literatúra f (Cyrillic spelling литерату́ра)

  1. literature

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Literatur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

Noun

literatura f

  1. literature (the body of all written works)

Further reading

  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “literatura”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 93
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “literatura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 374

Slovene

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

literatȗra f

  1. literature (body of all written works)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. literatúra
gen. sing. literatúre
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
literatúra literatúri literatúre
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
literatúre literatúr literatúr
dative
(dajȃlnik)
literatúri literatúrama literatúram
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
literatúro literatúri literatúre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
literatúri literatúrah literatúrah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
literatúro literatúrama literatúrami

Spanish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (grammar; philology), from littera (letter).

Pronunciation

Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)

  1. literature

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish literatura, from Latin litterātūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

literatura (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜆᜓᜇ)

  1. literature
    Synonym: panitikan

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin litterātūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /litɛʀaˈtuʀa/
  • Rhymes: -uʀa
  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

Noun

literatura f

  1. literature (art of composing works in which language is used aesthetically, seeking to produce emotions in the recipient)

Declension

References