literatura

See also: literatúra, literatūra, literatūrā, and literatură

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /li.tə.ɾəˈtu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa/

Noun

literatura f (plural literatures)

1. literature

Related terms

• literari

Further reading

• “literatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “literatura” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “literatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “literatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Noun

literatura f

1. literature
2. bibliography (section of a written work)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	literatura	literatury
genitive	literatury	literatur
dative	literatuře	literaturám
accusative	literaturu	literatury
vocative	literaturo	literatury
locative	literatuře	literaturách
instrumental	literaturou	literaturami

Derived terms

• literární

Related terms

• literát m

Further reading

• literatura in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• literatura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Esperanto

Adjective

literatura (accusative singular literaturan, plural literaturaj, accusative plural literaturajn)

1. literary

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin litteratura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲi.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

literatura f

1. literature (body of all written works)
2. literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Declension

declension of literatura

	singular	plural
nominative	literatura	literatury
genitive	literatury	literatur
dative	literaturze	literaturom
accusative	literaturę	literatury
instrumental	literaturą	literaturami
locative	literaturze	literaturach
vocative	literaturo	literatury

Related terms

• (nouns) literat, literacik, literatka, literackość
• (adjective) literacki
• (adverb) literacko

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• litteratura (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.te.ɾa.ˈtu.ɾa/, /li.te.ɾa.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.tɨ.ɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/

Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)

1. (uncountable) literature (body of all written works)
2. literature (collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
3. literature (all published material in academic journals on a particular subject)

   Synonym: bibliografia

Derived terms

• literatura de cordel
• literatura oral
• literatura popular

Related terms

• letra
• literal
• literário
• literatice
• literário

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

literatúra f (Cyrillic spelling литерату́ра)

1. literature

Declension

Declension of literatura

	singular	plural
nominative	literatura	literature
genitive	literature	literatura
dative	literaturi	literaturama
accusative	literaturu	literature
vocative	literaturo	literature
locative	literaturi	literaturama
instrumental	literaturom	literaturama

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /litɛratúːra/

Noun

literatȗra f

1. literature (body of all written works)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	literatúra
gen. sing.	literatúre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	literatúra	literatúri	literatúre
accusative	literatúro	literatúri	literatúre
genitive	literatúre	literatúr	literatúr
dative	literatúri	literatúrama	literatúram
locative	literatúri	literatúrah	literatúrah
instrumental	literatúro	literatúrama	literatúrami

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/, [lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]

Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)

1. literature

Related terms

• letra
• letrado
• literario

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish literatura.

Noun

literatura

1. literature

   Synonym: panitikan