literat

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der.

Old Latin leitera

Latin līterader.?

Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā?

Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor.

Etruscan [Term?]bor.?

Latin littera

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin litterātuslbor.

Polish literat

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɛ.rat/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrat
• Syllabification: li‧te‧rat

Noun

literat m pers (female equivalent literatka, diminutive literacik)

1. man of letters, writer, author

   Synonyms: pisarz, autor

Declension

Declension of literat

	singular	plural
nominative	literat	literaci/literaty (deprecative)
genitive	literata	literatów
dative	literatowi	literatom
accusative	literata	literatów
instrumental	literatem	literatami
locative	literacie	literatach
vocative	literacie	literaci

Related terms

adjectives

• aliteracki
• literacki
• literalny
• literniczy

adverbs

• literacko
• literalnie

nouns

• antyliteratura
• litera
• literacina
• literatura
• literka
• liternictwo
• liternik
• literowiec
• literówka

verbs

• literować
• przeliterować
• przeliterowywać

Further reading

• “literat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “literat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin litteratus.

Noun

literat m (plural literați)

1. man of letters

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	literat	literatul	literați	literații
genitive-dative	literat	literatului	literați	literaților
vocative	literatule		literaților

Volapük

Noun

literat (genitive literata, uncountable)

1. literature

Declension

Declension of literat

	Singular
Nominative	literat
Genitive	literata
Dative	literate
Accusative	literati
Predicative1	literatu
Vocative	o literat

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Further reading

• “literat”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)