categoria

See also: categoría

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “public accusation”)

Noun

categoria (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Exposure of an opponent's secret wickedness, especially in the opponent's presence.

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Aromanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin categoria

Noun

categoria f (plural categoriur)

1. category

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin categoria.

Noun

categoria f (plural categories)

1. category

Derived terms

• categoritzar

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin categoria

Noun

categoria f (plural categorie)

1. category, topic
2. class

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Ladin

Noun

categoria f (plural categories)

1. category

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “head of predicables”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈɡo.ri.a/, [ka.teːˈɡɔ.ri.a]

Noun

catēgoria f (genitive catēgoriae); first declension

1. accusation
2. predicament
3. (logic) category

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	catēgoria	catēgoriae
genitive	catēgoriae	catēgoriārum
dative	catēgoriae	catēgoriīs
accusative	catēgoriam	catēgoriās
ablative	catēgoriā	catēgoriīs
vocative	catēgoria	catēgoriae

References

• categoria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “categoria” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin categoria

Noun

categoria f (plural categorias)

1. category

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin categoria

Noun

categoria f (plural categorias)

1. category

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:categoria.