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See also: literā and literă

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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litera f

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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • litera”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • litera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

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Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lītera līterae
genitive līterae līterārum
dative līterae līterīs
accusative līteram līterās
ablative līterā līterīs
vocative lītera līterae

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin littera.

Noun

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litera f (4th declension)

  1. synonym of burtstabiņš

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Malagasy

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Etymology

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From English letter.

Noun

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litera

  1. letter (of the alphabet)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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litera f (diminutive literka)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • litera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • litera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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From literă +‎ -a.

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Verb

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

  1. to letter
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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litera

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of literă

Spanish

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una litera en un dormitorio
 
unas literas en un tren

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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litera f (plural literas)

  1. bunk
  2. bunk bed
  3. berth, couchette (on either a ship or a train)
    Synonym: camarote

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “lecho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 617

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