figura
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura (plural figurae)
- (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
- Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f (plural figures)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “figura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “figura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “figura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “figura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
figura
- inflection of figurar:
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).
Noun edit
figura
Declension edit
nominative | figura |
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genitive | figuranıñ |
dative | figurağa |
accusative | figuranı |
locative | figurada |
ablative | figuradan |
References edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- See fingovat
Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
figura
- third-person singular past historic of figurer
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f (plural figuras)
- figure, representation
- 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:
- hun privilegio seelado de hun seelo pendente eno qual seelo era de hua parte figura de rey encavalgado en seu cavalo teente ena mao destra una espada e da outra parte era figura de león
- a privilege, sealed with a hanging seal, in which seal it was on one side the figure of a king riding his horse, holding a sword in his right hand, and on the other side a figure of a lion
- 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:
- figure, aspect, shape
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:
- Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.
- The Cynocephali have a very long face, in the shape of a dog['s face]; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence
- illustration
- character (notable or eccentric person)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “figura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “figura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “figura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin figūra.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura (plural figurák)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | figura | figurák |
accusative | figurát | figurákat |
dative | figurának | figuráknak |
instrumental | figurával | figurákkal |
causal-final | figuráért | figurákért |
translative | figurává | figurákká |
terminative | figuráig | figurákig |
essive-formal | figuraként | figurákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | figurában | figurákban |
superessive | figurán | figurákon |
adessive | figuránál | figuráknál |
illative | figurába | figurákba |
sublative | figurára | figurákra |
allative | figurához | figurákhoz |
elative | figurából | figurákból |
delative | figuráról | figurákról |
ablative | figurától | figuráktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
figuráé | figuráké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
figuráéi | figurákéi |
Possessive forms of figura | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | figurám | figuráim |
2nd person sing. | figurád | figuráid |
3rd person sing. | figurája | figurái |
1st person plural | figuránk | figuráink |
2nd person plural | figurátok | figuráitok |
3rd person plural | figurájuk | figuráik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and pigura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura (first-person possessive figuraku, second-person possessive figuramu, third-person possessive figuranya)
- end of year celebration in Manado, in the form of a parade around the village, followed by men dressed as women and women dressed like men.
- Alternative spelling of pigura
Further reading edit
- “figura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian фигура (figura).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈfiɡurɑ/, [ˈfiɡur]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈfiɡuːrɑ/, [ˈfikˑuːrɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɡur, -iɡuːrɑ
- Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
Noun edit
figura
- figure, shape
- 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
- Mont kvadrattia ono joka figuraas?
- How many squares are there in each figure?
Declension edit
Declension of figura (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | figura | figurat |
genitive | figuran | figuroin |
partitive | figuraa | figuroja |
illative | figuraa | figuroihe |
inessive | figuraas | figurois |
elative | figurast | figuroist |
allative | figuralle | figuroille |
adessive | figuraal | figuroil |
ablative | figuralt | figuroilt |
translative | figuraks | figuroiks |
essive | figuranna, figuraan | figuroinna, figuroin |
exessive1) | figurant | figuroint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.
Noun edit
figura f (plural figure, diminutive figurìna or figurìno m or figurétta or figurettìna, augmentative (usually figurative) figuróna or (usually figurative) figuróne m, pejorative (usually figurative) figuràccia, derogatory figurùccia or figurettùccia)
- figure (all senses)
- illustration
- character
- impression, showing
- court, coat, face (of playing cards)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
figura
- inflection of figurare:
Further reading edit
- figura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- figura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- figùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- figura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- figura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to form, to shape").
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fiˈɡuː.ra/, [fɪˈɡuːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/, [fiˈɡuːrä]
Noun edit
figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension
- shape, form, figure
- (geometry) shape
- (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe
- Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit.
- He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | figūra | figūrae |
Genitive | figūrae | figūrārum |
Dative | figūrae | figūrīs |
Accusative | figūram | figūrās |
Ablative | figūrā | figūrīs |
Vocative | figūra | figūrae |
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: figiurâ, figurâ
- Asturian: figura, fegura
- Bulgarian: фигура (figura)
- Catalan: figura
- Corsican: figura
- Czech: figura
- Dutch: figuur
- Emilian: figûra
- English: figure
- Franco-Provençal: figura
- French: figure
- Friulian: figure
- Galician: figura
- Georgian: ფიგურა (pigura)
- German: Figur
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: figura
- Irish: fíor
- Istriot: figoûra
- Italian: figura
- Ladino: fegura
- Ladin: figura
- Leonese: figura
- Ligurian: figua
- Lombard: figura
- Maltese: figura
- Mirandese: figura
- Neapolitan: figura, fiura
- Old Galician-Portuguese: figura
- Papiamentu: figura
- Piedmontese: figura
- Principense: fêgwa
- Polish: figura
- Portuguese: figura
- Romagnol: figura
- Romanian: figură
- Romansch: figüra
- Russian: фигура (figura)
- Shona: figura, fregura, frigura, friura
- Sãotomense: fegula
- Serbo-Croatian: figúra / фигу́ра
- Sicilian: figura
- Spanish: figura
- Swedish: figur
- Tetum: figura
- Venetian: figura
- Walloon: figueûr
References edit
- “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- figura 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)
- figura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
- to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian figura, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fgura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f (plural figuri)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin figūra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.
Noun edit
figura f (plural figuras)
- figure (graphical representation)
- figure (shape of something)
- character (notable or eccentric person)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
figura
- inflection of figurar:
Further reading edit
- “figura” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “figura” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “figura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “figura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “figura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “figura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figura f
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
a figura (third-person singular present figurează, past participle figurat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a figura | ||||||
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gerund | figurând | ||||||
past participle | figurat | ||||||
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 | figurez | figurezi | figurează | figurăm | figurați | figurează | |
imperfect | figuram | figurai | figura | figuram | figurați | figurau | |
simple perfect | figurai | figurași | figură | figurarăm | figurarăți | figurară | |
pluperfect | figurasem | figuraseși | figurase | figuraserăm | figuraserăți | figuraseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să figurez | să figurezi | să figureze | să figurăm | să figurați | să figureze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | figurează | figurați | |||||
negative | nu figura | nu figurați |
Sardinian edit
Noun edit
figura f (plural figuras)
Further reading edit
- “figura” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
figura f (plural figuras)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
figura
- inflection of figurar:
Further reading edit
- “figura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014