literatura
Aragonese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
References
- “literatura”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).
Pronunciation
Related terms
Further reading
- “literatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “literatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “literatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “literatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɪtɛratura]
Noun
literatura f
- literature
- Synonyms: písemnictví, slovesnost
- bibliography (section of a written work)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | literatura | literatury |
genitive | literatury | literatur |
dative | literatuře | literaturám |
accusative | literaturu | literatury |
vocative | literaturo | literatury |
locative | literatuře | literaturách |
instrumental | literaturou | literaturami |
Derived terms
Related terms
- literát m
Further reading
- literatura in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- literatura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- literatura in Internetová jazyková příručka
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin litterātūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [literaˈtura]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Adjective
literatura (accusative singular literaturan, plural literaturaj, accusative plural literaturajn)
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.
Declension
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | literatura | literaturje | literatury |
Genitive | literatury | literaturowu | literaturow |
Dative | literaturje | literaturoma | literaturam |
Accusative | literaturu | literaturje | literatury |
Instrumental | literaturu | literaturoma | literaturami |
Locative | literaturje | literaturoma | literaturach |
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “literatura”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.[1][2][3] First attested in 1754.[4] Compare Silesian literatura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Noun
literatura f (abbreviation lit.)
- literature (body of all written works)
- literature (all papers, treatises, etc.)
- (education) literature (study of written works)
- literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
- (obsolete) stylistics
- Synonym: stylistyka
- (obsolete) philology
- Synonym: filologia
- (obsolete) large amount of text to read
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | literatura | literatury |
genitive | literatury | literatur |
dative | literaturze | literaturom |
accusative | literaturę | literatury |
instrumental | literaturą | literaturami |
locative | literaturze | literaturach |
vocative | literaturo | literatury |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Kashubian: lëteratura
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), literatura is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 6 times in news, 24 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 61 times, making it the 1071st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]
References
- 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
- Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “litera”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- “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
- Ida Kurcz (1990) “literatura”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 220
Further reading
- literatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- literatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- literatura in PWN's encyclopedia
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 753
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “literatura”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”). Doublet of letradura.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /li.tɨ.ɾɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
Audio (BR) (file) - Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Noun
literatura f (plural literaturas)
- literature (a body of written works collectively)
- Synonym: (obsolete) letradura
- (literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)
- (literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)
- (literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)
- (sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)
- Synonym: bibliografia
- (literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)
- (literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)
Alternative forms
- litteratura (obsolete)
Derived terms
- literatura de cordel
- literatura oral
- literatura popular
Further reading
- “literatura” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “literatura” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “literatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “literatura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “literatura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “literatura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | literatura | literature |
genitive | literature | literatura |
dative | literaturi | literaturama |
accusative | literaturu | literature |
vocative | literaturo | literature |
locative | literaturi | literaturama |
instrumental | literaturom | literaturama |
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /litɛraˈtura/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Further reading
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “literatura”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 93
- Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “literatura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 374
Slovene
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /litɛratúːra/
Inflection
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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/ [li.t̪e.ɾaˈt̪u.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Derived terms
Further reading
- “literatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish literatura, from Latin litterātūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/, [lɪ.tɛ.ɾɐˈtu.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
Related terms
- literato
- literaryo
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | literatura | literaturje | literatury |
genitive | literatury | literaturow | literaturow |
dative | literaturje | literaturomaj | literaturam |
accusative | literaturu | literaturje | literatury |
instrumental | literaturu | literaturomaj | literaturami |
locative | literaturje | literaturomaj | literaturach |
vocative | literatura | literaturje | literatury |
References
- “literatura” in Soblex