litera
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
litera f
- (higher register) letter (letter of the alphabet)
- Synonym: písmeno
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.te.ra/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.te.ra/, [ˈliːt̪erä]
Noun edit
lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension
- 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 edit
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 edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
litera f (4th declension)
- synonym of burtstabiņš
Declension edit
Declension of litera (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
litera
- letter (of the alphabet)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin littera.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
litera f (diminutive literka)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
Declension edit
Declension of litera
Derived terms edit
nouns
verbs
- literować impf
verbs
- składać litery impf
Related terms edit
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a litera (third-person singular present literează, past participle literat) 1st conj.
- to letter
Conjugation edit
conjugation of litera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a litera | ||||||
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
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litera
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
litera f (plural literas)
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- “litera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014