postura
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.
Pronunciation
Noun
postura f (plural postures)
- posture (position of the body)
- (finance) bid
- (in the plural) affectations, ceremony
Further reading
- “postura”, 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
- “postura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “postura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “postura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /posˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: po‧stù‧ra
Noun
postura f (plural posture)
Related terms
Further reading
- postura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra. Doublet of pozytura (“pose, posture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔsˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra
Noun
postura f (diminutive posturka)
Declension
Declension of postura
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | postura | postury |
genitive | postury | postur |
dative | posturze | posturom |
accusative | posturę | postury |
instrumental | posturą | posturami |
locative | posturze | posturach |
vocative | posturo | postury |
Further reading
- postura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- postura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /posˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /posˈtu.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ra
Noun
postura f (plural posturas)
- posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)
- (figurative) stance (opinion or point of view)
- Synonym: posição
- the act or practice of laying eggs
- the period during which hens lay eggs
Further reading
- “postura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin positūra. Cognate with English posture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪u.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra
Noun
postura f (plural posturas)
Hyponyms
- postura de la amazona
- postura de vaquera
- postura del hijo, postura del niño (“child's pose”)
- postura del misionero
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “postura”, 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
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish postura.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /posˈtuɾa/ [posˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: pos‧tu‧ra
Noun
postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)
Adjective
postura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)
Related terms
- posturyoso
Further reading
- “postura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018