literato

English

Etymology

From Italian literato.[1] Doublet of literate and literatus.

Noun

literato (plural literati)

  1. singular of literati

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ “literato, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

līterātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of līterātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātus. Doublet of letrado.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.teˈɾa.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /li.teˈɾa.to/

  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧to

Noun

literato m (plural literatos, feminine literata, feminine plural literatas)

  1. literatus, man of letters

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin litterātus. Doublet of letrado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liteˈɾato/ [li.t̪eˈɾa.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧to

Noun

literato m (plural literatos, feminine literata, feminine plural literatas)

  1. literatus, man of letters
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 63:
      Llama la atención que esta curiosa leyenda no haya interesado todavía a los tradicionalistas americanos. Hasta ahora, no sé de otro que la haya hecho objeto de un libro histórico, que el ameno literato español don Ciro Bayo, autor de Los Césares de la Patagonia.
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