figura

From Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɡjʊəɹə/

figura (plural figurae)

1. (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.

   Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.

• figura etymologica

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈɣu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈɣu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

figura f (plural figures)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

• figuratiu

• “figura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “figura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

figura

1. inflection of figurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

figura

1. figure

   Synonym: (more commonly) şekil

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪɡura]
• Rhymes: -ura

figura f

1. figure
2. (board games): piece
3. dummy, puppet
4. (heraldry) charge

• See fingovat

• “figura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “figura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “figura”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From figuro +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡura/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

figura (accusative singular figuran, plural figuraj, accusative plural figurajn)

1. relating to a figure
   • 1926, Hans Christian Andersen, “Konkurso de saltado [Competition of Jumping]”, in Zamenhofa, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., Fabeloj [Fairy Tales], volume 2 (fiction), Parizo: Esperanta Centra Librejo, published 1926:

     […] ludkartoj kun la figura flanko internen.

     […] playing cards with the face side inward.

2. (linguistics) rhetoric figure, metaphoric

   Synonyms: vortfigura, metafora

   vorto uzata laŭ la figura senco ― a word used in the figurative sense

   • 2004 August 5, “Marcos” et al. kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “Nuanco”, in Vikipedio : La libera enciklopedio‎^[2] (encyclopedia), Vikimedio, retrieved 20 March 2025:

     Nuanco estas malgranda, apenaŭ sentebla diferenco inter koloroj aŭ (en figura senco) inter samspecaj aferoj.

     A nuance is a small, barely perceptible difference between colours or (in a figurative sense) between things of the same kind.

• “figura”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

• IPA^(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁa/

figura

1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɣuɾa̝/

figura f (plural figuras)

1. 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

2. 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

3. illustration
4. character (notable or eccentric person)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “figura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “figura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “figura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “figura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Latin figūra.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiɡurɒ]
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

figura (plural figurák)

1. character, personage

   Synonyms: szereplő, személy, alak

   kitalált figura ― fictional character

2. (chess) piece
3. (dance, skating) figure

• figura in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and pigura.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡura/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

figura

1. 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
2. alternative spelling of pigura

• “figura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian фигура (figura).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡurɑ/, [ˈfiɡur]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡuːrɑ/, [ˈfikˑuːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɡur, -iɡuːrɑ
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

figura

1. 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 of figura (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	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.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra

From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

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)

1. figure (all senses)
2. illustration
3. character
4. impression, showing
5. court, coat, face (of playing cards)

• impressione

• fare una bella / brutta figura

• → Maltese: figura

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

figura

1. inflection of figurare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• 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

• frugai

From fingō, perhaps through *-ūra a rebracketed variant of -tūra; if so, doublet of fictūra. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to form, to shape").

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɪˈɡuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fiˈɡuː.ra]

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

1. shape, form, figure
2. (geometry) shape
3. (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe

   Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit.

   He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.

First-declension noun.

• “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^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
    

Borrowed from Italian figura, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fgura.

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɡuː.ra/

figura f (plural figuri)

1. figure

Learned borrowing from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

figura f

1. shape
2. (anatomy) figure (human figure; shape of human body)

   Synonym: sylwetka

3. (chess) chess piece

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

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure (graphical representation)
2. figure (shape of something)
3. character (notable or eccentric person)

• configuração

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

figura

1. inflection of figurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “figura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “figura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “figura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “figura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “figura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “figura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [fiˈɡura]

figura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of figură

Borrowed from French figurer.

a figura (third-person singular present figurează, past participle figurat) 1st conjugation

1. to appear (in a list, etc.), be included; to represent

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure

• “figura”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

• fiura (eye dialect)

• IPA^(key): /fiˈu.ɾa/, [fɪˈu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra

From Latin figūra.

figura f (plural figuri)

1. shape, form, figure
2. (general sense) a silhouette or any image of a person, animal, object or scene resembling someone or something (even of similar but not identical features).
3. (geometry) shape
4. (social behaviour) the (good, bad or neutral) impressions left by one own's acting

   Synonym: cumparsa

5. (card games) a card having a figure, a face card.

   I carti chî figuri vàlinu cchiù 'ssai dî carti lisci.

   Face cards are worth more than pip ones.

6. (nautical) figurehead

• Maltese: fgura

Deverbal from Etymology 1.

figura

1. inflection of figurari:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): /fiɡǔːra/
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

1. figure
2. figurine
3. (chess) piece

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡuɾa/ [fiˈɣ̞u.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

   Synonym: cargo

3. (theater) part, role
4. (theater) actor

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

figura

1. inflection of figurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “figura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024