littérature
French
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Etymology
[edit](circa 1120). From Latin litteratūra (“lettering, erudition”), from littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /li.te.ʁa.tyʁ/
"une littérature": (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
[edit]littérature f (plural littératures)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: literati
- → Dutch: literatuur
- → Turkish: literatür
- → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵙⴽⵍⴰ (taskla) (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “littérature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012