literatura

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

• IPA^(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾa

literatura f

1. literature

• “literatura”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [li.tə.ɾəˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -uɾa

literatura f (plural literatures)

1. literature

• literari

• “literatura”, 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
• “literatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “literatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “literatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪtɛratura]

literatura f

1. literature

   Synonyms: písemnictví, slovesnost

2. bibliography (section of a written work)

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

From Latin litterātūra.

• IPA^(key): /literaˈtura/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura (accusative singular literaturan, plural literaturaj, accusative plural literaturajn)

1. literary

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

literatura f

1. literature

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “literatura”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1754.^[4] Compare Silesian literatura.

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura f (abbreviation lit.)

1. literature (body of all written works)
2. literature (all papers, treatises, etc.)
3. (education) literature (study of written works)
4. literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
5. (obsolete) stylistics

   Synonym: stylistyka

6. (obsolete) philology

   Synonym: filologia

7. (obsolete) large amount of text to read

• → Kashubian: lëteratura

• literatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• literatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• literatura in PWN's encyclopedia
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 753
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “literatura”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”). Doublet of letradura.

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• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura f (plural literaturas)

1. literature (a body of written works collectively)

   Synonym: (obsolete) letradura

   1. (literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)
   2. (literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)
   3. (literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)
   4. (sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)

      Synonym: bibliografia

2. (literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)
3. (literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)

• litteratura (obsolete)

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

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

literatúra f (Cyrillic spelling литерату́ра)

1. literature

Borrowed from German Literatur.

• IPA^(key): /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura f

1. literature (the body of all written works)

• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “literatura”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 93
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “literatura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 374

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

• IPA^(key): /litɛratúːra/

literatȗra f

1. literature (body of all written works)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	literatúra
gen. sing.	literatúre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	literatúra	literatúri	literatúre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	literatúre	literatúr	literatúr
dative (dajȃlnik)	literatúri	literatúrama	literatúram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	literatúro	literatúri	literatúre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	literatúri	literatúrah	literatúrah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	literatúro	literatúrama	literatúrami

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

• IPA^(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/ [li.t̪e.ɾaˈt̪u.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura f (plural literaturas)

1. literature

• “literatura”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish literatura, from Latin litterātūra.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/ [lɪ.t̪ɛ.ɾɐˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜆᜓᜇ)

1. literature

   Synonym: panitikan

Ultimately from Latin litterātūra.

• IPA^(key): /litɛʀaˈtuʀa/
• Rhymes: -uʀa
• Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

literatura f

1. literature (art of composing works in which language is used aesthetically, seeking to produce emotions in the recipient)

• “literatura” in Soblex