litera

See also: literā and literă

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.te.ra/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.te.ra/, [ˈliːt̪erä]

Noun

lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension

1. Alternative form of littera
   • 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, p.5:

     Latini habent literas viginti quinque: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, ſ, (s), t, u, v, x, y, z.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lītera	līterae
Genitive	līterae	līterārum
Dative	līterae	līterīs
Accusative	līteram	līterās
Ablative	līterā	līterīs
Vocative	lītera	līterae

References

• “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litera 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)
• litera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

Noun

litera f (4th declension)

1. synonym of burtstabiņš

Declension

Declension of litera (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	litera	literas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	literu	literas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	literas	literu
dative (datīvs)	literai	literām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	literu	literām
locative (lokatīvs)	literā	literās
vocative (vokatīvs)	litera	literas

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Malagasy

Etymology

From English letter.

Noun

litera

1. letter (of the alphabet)

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɛ.ra/

• Audio:

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Noun

litera f (diminutive literka)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

Declension

Declension of litera

	singular	plural
nominative	litera	litery
genitive	litery	liter
dative	literze	literom
accusative	literę	litery
instrumental	literą	literami
locative	literze	literach
vocative	litero	litery

Derived terms

• literówka

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Romanian

Noun

litera

1. definite nominative singular of literă
2. definite accusative singular of literă

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Spanish

una litera en un dormitorio

unas literas en un tren

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan llitera, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin lect(u)aria < lect(u)arius, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lectus. Compare Portuguese liteira, French litière, English litter.

Noun

litera f (plural literas)

1. bunk
2. bunk bed
3. berth, couchette (on either a ship or a train)