ligatura

See also: ligatúra and ligãturã

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪɡatura]

Noun

ligatura f

1. (typography) ligature

   Synonym: slitek m

Declension

Declension of ligatura (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	ligatura	ligatury
genitive	ligatury	ligatur
dative	ligatuře	ligaturám
accusative	ligaturu	ligatury
vocative	ligaturo	ligatury
locative	ligatuře	ligaturách
instrumental	ligaturou	ligaturami

Further reading

• “ligatura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ligatura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ligatura”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Verb

ligatura

1. third-person singular past historic of ligaturer

Anagrams

• larguait

Latin

Etymology

Found in Vulgar and Late Latin. From ligō (“tie, bind”) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪ.ɡaːˈtuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [li.ɡaˈtuː.ra]

Noun

ligātūra f (genitive ligātūrae); first declension

1. binding, tying
2. bookbinding

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ligātūra	ligātūrae
genitive	ligātūrae	ligātūrārum
dative	ligātūrae	ligātūrīs
accusative	ligātūram	ligātūrās
ablative	ligātūrā	ligātūrīs
vocative	ligātūra	ligātūrae

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Aromanian: ligãturã
  • Catalan: lligadura
  • Italian: legatura
    • → English: legatura
  • Occitan: ligadura
  • Old Spanish: legadura
  • Romanian: legătură
  • Sardinian: liadura, ligadura

• Borrowed:
  • → Albanian: liktyrë
  • → English: ligature
  • → French: ligature
  • → Polish: ligatura
  • → Portuguese: ligadura
  • → Romanian: ligatură
  • → Russian: лигатура (ligatura)
  • → Spanish: ligadura

References

• “ligatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ligatura", 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)
• “ligatura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ligatura in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ligātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ɡaˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧tu‧ra

Noun

ligatura f

1. (typography) ligature
2. (music) ligature
3. (medicine) ligature

Declension

Declension of ligatura

	singular	plural
nominative	ligatura	ligatury
genitive	ligatury	ligatur
dative	ligaturze	ligaturom
accusative	ligaturę	ligatury
instrumental	ligaturą	ligaturami
locative	ligaturze	ligaturach
vocative	ligaturo	ligatury

Further reading

• ligatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ligatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

ligatura f (plural ligaturas)

1. (typography) ligature (character that combines multiple letters)

Related terms

• liga

Further reading

• “ligatura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ligatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ligatúra f (Cyrillic spelling лигату́ра)

1. (typography) ligature

Declension

Declension of ligatura

	singular	plural
nominative	ligatura	ligature
genitive	ligature	ligatura
dative	ligaturi	ligaturama
accusative	ligaturu	ligature
vocative	ligaturo	ligature
locative	ligaturi	ligaturama
instrumental	ligaturom	ligaturama