figura

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See also: Figura, figurá, and figură

English

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Etymology

Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

Noun

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.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

figura f (plural figures)

  1. figure
  2. (heraldry) charge

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

Noun

figura

  1. figure

Declension

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

Synonyms

References

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

figura f

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

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Verb

figura

  1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

Galician

Unha figura ("a figure")

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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 (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page438:
      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)

Derived terms

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

figura (plural figurák)

  1. character, personage
    kitalált figura ― fictional character
  2. (chess) piece
  3. (dance, skating) figure

Declension

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

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

figura f (plural figure)

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

Synonyms

Verb

figura

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative figūra figūrae
Genitive figūrae figūrārum
Dative figūrae figūrīs
Accusative figūram figūrās
Ablative figūrā figūrīs
Vocative figūra figūrae

Descendants

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References

  • “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’s 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Noun

figura f

  1. figure

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

figura f

  1. shape
  2. figure (human figure; shape of human body)

Declension

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

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

Verb

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

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

Declension

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡuɾa/ [fiˈɣ̞u.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

  1. figure
  2. (heraldry) charge
  3. (theater) part, role
  4. (theater) actor
Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

figura

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of figurar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of figurar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of figurar.
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