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See also: Figura, figurá, figură, and figurą
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English

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Etymology

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From Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɪˈɡjʊɹə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: fig‧u‧ra

Noun

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figura (plural figurae)

  1. (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
    Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.
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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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figura f (plural figures)

  1. figure
  2. (heraldry) charge
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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figura

  1. inflection of figurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

Noun

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figura

  1. figure
    Synonym: şekil (more commonly)

Declension

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Declension of figura
nominative figura
genitive figuranıñ
dative figurağa
accusative figuranı
locative figurada
ablative figuradan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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figura f

  1. figure
  2. (board games): piece
  3. dummy, puppet
  4. (heraldry) charge

Declension

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Declension of figura (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative figura figury
genitive figury figur
dative figuře figurám
accusative figuru figury
vocative figuro figury
locative figuře figurách
instrumental figurou figurami

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From figuro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡura/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

Adjective

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figura (accusative singular figuran, plural figuraj, accusative plural figurajn)

  1. relating to a figure
    • 1926, Hans Christian Andersen, “Konkurso de saltado [Competition of Jumping]”, in Zamenhofa, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., Fabeloj [Fairy Tales], volume 2 (fiction), Parizo: Esperanta Centra Librejo, published 1926:
      […] ludkartoj kun la figura flanko internen.
      […] playing cards with the face side inward.
  2. (linguistics) rhetoric figure, metaphoric
    Synonyms: vortfigura, metafora
    vorto uzata laŭ la figura senco ― a word used in the figurative sense
    • 2004 August 5, “Marcos” et al. kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “Nuanco”, in Vikipedio : La libera enciklopedio‎[2] (encyclopedia), Vikimedio, retrieved 20 March 2025:
      Nuanco estas malgranda, apenaŭ sentebla diferenco inter koloroj aŭ (en figura senco) inter samspecaj aferoj.
      A nuance is a small, barely perceptible difference between colours or (in a figurative sense) between things of the same kind.

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French

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Verb

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figura

  1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

Galician

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Unha figura ("a figure")

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /fiˈɡuɾa/ [fiˈɣ̞u.ɾɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /fiˈħuɾa/ [fiˈħu.ɾɐ]

  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

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figura f (plural figuras)

  1. figure, representation
    • 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:
      hun privilegio seelado de hun seelo pendente eno qual seelo era de hua parte figura de rey encavalgado en seu cavalo teente ena mao destra una espada e da outra parte era figura de león
      a privilege, sealed with a hanging seal, in which seal it was on one side the figure of a king riding his horse, holding a sword in his right hand, and on the other side a figure of a lion
  2. figure, aspect, shape
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:
      Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.
      The Cynocephali have a very long face, in the shape of a dog['s face]; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence
  3. illustration
  4. character (notable or eccentric person)

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin figūra.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfiɡurɒ]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

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figura (plural figurák)

  1. character, personage
    Synonyms: szereplő, személy, alak
    kitalált figura ― fictional character
  2. (chess) piece
  3. (dance, skating) figure

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative figura figurák
accusative figurát figurákat
dative figurának figuráknak
instrumental figurával figurákkal
causal-final figuráért figurákért
translative figurává figurákká
terminative figuráig figurákig
essive-formal figuraként figurákként
essive-modal — —
inessive figurában figurákban
superessive figurán figurákon
adessive figuránál figuráknál
illative figurába figurákba
sublative figurára figurákra
allative figurához figurákhoz
elative figurából figurákból
delative figuráról figurákról
ablative figurától figuráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		figuráé figuráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		figuráéi figurákéi
Possessive forms of figura
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. figurám figuráim
2nd person sing. figurád figuráid
3rd person sing. figurája figurái
1st person plural figuránk figuráink
2nd person plural figurátok figuráitok
3rd person plural figurájuk figuráik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • figura in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and pigura.

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Noun

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figura (uncountable)

  1. end of year celebration in Manado, in the form of a parade around the village, followed by men dressed as women and women dressed like men
  2. alternative spelling of pigura

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian фигура (figura).

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Noun

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figura

  1. figure, shape
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
      Mont kvadrattia ono joka figuraas?
      How many squares are there in each figure?

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Declension of figura (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative figura figurat
genitive figuran figuroin
partitive figuraa figuroja
illative figuraa figuroihe
inessive figuraas figurois
elative figurast figuroist
allative figuralle figuroille
adessive figuraal figuroil
ablative figuralt figuroilt
translative figuraks figuroiks
essive figuranna, figuraan figuroinna, figuroin
exessive1) figurant figuroint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra

Etymology 1

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From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

Noun

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figura f (plural figure, diminutive figurìna or figurìno m or figurétta or figurettìna, augmentative (usually figurative) figuróna or (usually figurative) figuróne m, pejorative (usually figurative) figuràccia, derogatory figurùccia or figurettùccia)

  1. figure (all senses)
  2. illustration
  3. character
  4. impression, showing
  5. court, coat, face (of playing cards)
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  • → Maltese: figura

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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figura

  1. inflection of figurare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • figura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • figura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • figùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • figura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • figura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From fingō, perhaps withh *-ūra, a rebracketed variant of -tūra; if so, doublet of fictūra. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to form, to shape").

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Noun

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figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

  1. shape, form, figure
  2. (geometry) shape
  3. (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe
    Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit.
    He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative figūra figūrae
genitive figūrae figūrārum
dative figūrae figūrīs
accusative figūram figūrās
ablative figūrā figūrīs
vocative figūra figūrae

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References

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  • “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "figura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “figura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian figura, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fgura.

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figura f (plural figuri)

  1. figure

Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Latin figūralbor.
Polish figura

    Learned borrowing from Latin figūra.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ura
    • Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

    Noun

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    figura f

    1. shape
    2. (anatomy) figure (human figure; shape of human body)
      Synonym: sylwetka
    3. (chess) chess piece

    Declension

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    Declension of figura
    singular plural
    nominative figura figury
    genitive figury figur
    dative figurze figurom
    accusative figurę figury
    instrumental figurą figurami
    locative figurze figurach
    vocative figuro figury

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    • “figura”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “figura”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.

    Noun

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    figura f (plural figuras)

    1. figure (graphical representation)
    2. figure (shape of something)
    3. character (notable or eccentric person)
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    figura

    1. inflection of figurar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Romanian

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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    figura f

    1. definite nominative/accusative singular of figură

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from French figurer.

    Verb

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    a figura (third-person singular present figurează, past participle figurat) 1st conjugation

    1. to appear (in a list, etc.), be included; to represent
    Conjugation
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        conjugation of figura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
    infinitive a figura
    gerund figurând
    past participle figurat
    number singular plural
    person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present figurez figurezi figurează figurăm figurați figurează
    imperfect figuram figurai figura figuram figurați figurau
    simple perfect figurai figurași figură figurarăm figurarăți figurară
    pluperfect figurasem figuraseși figurase figuraserăm figuraserăți figuraseră
    subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present să figurez să figurezi să figureze să figurăm să figurați să figureze
    imperative — tu — — voi —
    affirmative figurează figurați
    negative nu figura nu figurați

    Sardinian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin figūra.

    Noun

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    figura f (plural figuras)

    1. figure

    Further reading

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    • “figura”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin figūra.

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    • IPA(key): /fiɡǔːra/
    • Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

    Noun

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    figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

    1. figure
    2. figurine
    3. (chess) piece

    Declension

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    Declension of figura
    singular plural
    nominative figura figure
    genitive figure figura
    dative figuri figurama
    accusative figuru figure
    vocative figuro figure
    locative figuri figurama
    instrumental figurom figurama

    Sicilian

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /fiˈu.ɾa/, [fɪˈu.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -ura
    • Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra

    Etymology 1

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    From Latin figūra.

    Noun

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    figura f (plural figuri)

    1. shape, form, figure
    2. (general sense) a silhouette or any image of a person, animal, object or scene resembling someone or something (even of similar but not identical features).
    3. (geometry) shape
    4. (social behaviour) the (good, bad or neutral) impressions left by one own's acting
      Synonym: cumparsa
    5. (card games) a card having a figure, a face card.
      I carti chî figuri vàlinu cchiù 'ssai dî carti lisci.
      Face cards are worth more than pip ones.
    6. (nautical) figurehead
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    Etymology 2

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    Deverbal from Etymology 1.

    Verb

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    figura

    1. inflection of figurari:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Latin figūra.

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    figura f (plural figuras)

    1. figure
    2. (heraldry) charge
      Synonym: cargo
    3. (theater) part, role
      Synonym: papel
    4. (theater) actor
      Synonym: actor
    5. (derogatory) swaggerer, show-off
      Synonyms: fanfarrón, cachiporra, cuentista, fantasma, presumido, matasiete
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    figura

    1. inflection of figurar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Further reading

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