litera

See also: literā and literă

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪtɛra]
  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra

Noun

litera f

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

Declension

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

Malagasy

Etymology

From English letter.

Noun

litera

  1. letter (of the alphabet)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

litera f (diminutive literka)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
verbs
verbs
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

  • IPA(key): /liteˈra/

Verb

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

  1. to letter
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlitera/

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.[1] A native Castilian outcome, for comparison, may have been *lechera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈteɾa/ [liˈt̪e.ɾa]
  • 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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