literatura

See also: literatúra, literatūra, literatūrā, and literatură

Catalan

Noun

literatura f (plural literatures)

1. literature

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Czech

Noun

literatura f

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

Declension

Declension of literatura

	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

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Noun

literatura f

1. literature

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• litteratura (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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• (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)

Synonyms

• (all material on a subject): 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): /litɛraˈtúːra/
• Tonal orthography: literatȗra

Noun

literatúra f (genitive literatúre, nominative plural literatúre)

1. literature (body of all written works)

Declension

Declension of literatúra (feminine, a-stem)

	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 litteratūra, from littera "letter".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liteɾaˈtuɾa/

Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)

1. literature

Related terms

• letra
• letrado