ligature
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”).
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Noun [edit]
ligature (countable and uncountable; plural ligatures)
- (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
- (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
- (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
- (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
- (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
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Translations [edit]
act of tying
cord etc.
linguistics: character that combines multiple letters
music: group of notes played as a musical phrase
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Verb [edit]
ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. the popular Old French liüre.
Noun [edit]
ligature f (plural ligatures)
- a tie; the action of tying
- a binding, notably in horticulture
- ligature; a character that combines multiple letters; logotype.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Typography
- en:Music
- English verbs
- en:Surgery
- Webster 1913
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
