letra

See also: létra and Letras

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish letra (“letter of the alphabet”), from Latin littera.

Noun

letra

1. letter of the alphabet

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.

Noun

letra

1. A letter of the alphabet.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10

     in jntlatolpan, vnca in letra. R.

     (in their language was the letter r.)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

1. letter of the alphabet

Further reading

• “letra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lettra (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.tɾa/, /ˈle.tɾɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈle.tɾɐ/

Noun

letra f (plural s)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
2. calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person)

   Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita

3. (informal) font

   Synonym: fonte

4. (music) lyrics (words of a song)
5. (soccer, Brazil) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball

Coordinate terms

• (letter of the alphabet): glifo, hieróglifo, ideograma, pictograma, runa

Derived terms

• à letra
• boas letras
• letra historiada
• letra média
• letra moçárabe
• letra morta
• letra plena
• letra promissória
• letra toledana
• letras sagradas
• letreiro
• letrista
• tirar de letra

 

Related terms

• beletrismo
• letrado
• literal
• literário
• literatura

 

Further reading

• letra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

1. (Sutsilvan) letter (of the alphabet)

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bustab
• (Puter, Vallader) custab

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈle.t̪ɾa]

Noun

letra f (plural letras)

1. letter (symbol)

   Hypernym: carácter

2. handwriting
3. lyrics

Derived terms

• a la letra
• al pie de la letra
• de puño y letra
• hombre de letras
• letra bastardilla
• letra corrida
• letra lunar
• letra mayúscula
• letra minúscula
• letra pequeña
• letra superior
• letra volada
• letra voladita
• mujer de letras
• sopa de letras

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: letra
• → Classical Nahuatl: letra

Further reading

• “letra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014