letra

See also: létra and Letras

Albanian

Noun

letra

  1. inflection of letër:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish letra and French lettre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /letra/ [le.t̪ra]
  • Rhymes: -etra, -a
  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

letra inan

  1. letter of the alphabet
    Synonym: izki
  2. handwriting
    Synonym: idazkera
  3. (Northern) letter (written message)
    Synonyms: gutun, eskutitz
  4. (banking) ellipsis of kanbio-letra (“bill of exchange”)

Declension

Declension of letra (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive letra letra letrak
ergative letrak letrak letrek
dative letrari letrari letrei
genitive letraren letraren letren
comitative letrarekin letrarekin letrekin
causative letrarengatik letrarengatik letrengatik
benefactive letrarentzat letrarentzat letrentzat
instrumental letraz letraz letrez
inessive letratan letran letretan
locative letratako letrako letretako
allative letratara letrara letretara
terminative letrataraino letraraino letretaraino
directive letratarantz letrarantz letretarantz
destinative letratarako letrarako letretarako
ablative letratatik letratik letretatik
partitive letrarik — —
prolative letratzat — —

Derived terms

  • kanbio-letra (“bill of exchange”)
  • letra etzan (“italics”)
  • letra larri (“upper case”)
  • letra lodi (“bold”)
  • letra xehe (“lower case”)
  • letra-gizon
  • letra-tipo
  • letradun (“learned”)
  • letragabe (“illiterate”)
  • letragabeko (“illiterate”)
  • letraldatu (“to transliterate”)
  • letratu (“learned”)
  • letraz (“in written form”)
  • letrazale
  • letradu

Further reading

  • “letra”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “letra”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish letra (“letter of the alphabet”), from Latin littera.

Noun

letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.

Noun

letra

  1. A letter of the alphabet.

References

  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter of the alphabet

Further reading

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog letra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈlet̚.ɾʌ]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /ˈretɾa/ [ˈret̚.ɾʌ]
  • Rhymes: -etɾa
  • Syllabification: let‧ra

Noun

letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

References

  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Alternative forms

  • lêtra (pre-reform spelling)
  • lettra (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.tɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -etɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
    Coordinate terms: glifo, hieróglifo, ideograma, pictograma, runa
  2. calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting
    Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita
  3. (informal) font
    Synonym: fonte
  4. (music) lyrics (words of a song)
  5. (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • lettra (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.tɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɛtɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Verb

letra

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

Further reading

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

  1. (Sutsilvan) letter (of the alphabet)

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bustab
  • (Puter, Vallader) custab

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈle.t̪ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -etɾa
  • Syllabification: le‧tra

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (symbol)
    Hypernym: carácter
  2. handwriting
  3. lyrics

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chavacano: letra
  • → Classical Nahuatl: letra
  • → Tagalog: letra

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish letra, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈlɛt̪.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -etɾa
  • Syllabification: let‧ra

Noun

letra (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: titik
  2. penmanship; style of handwriting
    Synonym: sulat-kamay
  3. letter type
    Synonym: tipo
  4. lyrics (of a song)
    Synonym: titik
  5. style by which letters were made by hands
    Synonyms: pagkakaletra, pagkakapagletra
  6. literature
    Synonyms: panitikan, literatura

Derived terms

  • letrahan
  • letrang bulakbol
  • pagkakaletra
  • pagkakapagletra
  • pagleletra
  • tagaletra
  • tagapagletra

Further reading

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