фігура

Ukrainian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin figūra. Displaced earlier хвиґу́ра (xvygúra) in the literary language, from Polish figura. Compare Russian фигу́ра (figúra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲiˈɦurɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

фігу́ра • (fihúra) f inan (genitive фігу́ри, nominative plural фігу́ри, genitive plural фігу́р)

  1. figure (shape of a human body)
    Synonym: по́стать f (póstatʹ)
  2. figure (person or thing representing a certain consciousness)
    Synonym: по́стать f (póstatʹ)
  3. figure (shape)
    Synonyms: фо́рма f (fórma), кшталт m (kštalt)
    геометри́чна фігу́раheometrýčna fihúrageometric figure
  4. (music) figure
  5. (chess) piece
    ша́хова фігу́раšáxova fihúrachess piece, chessman
  6. (card games) face card

Declension

Derived terms

  • ритори́чна фігу́ра f (rytorýčna fihúra, rhetorical figure)

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