littérature
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit](circa 1120). From Latin litteratūra (“lettering, erudition”), from littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]littérature f (plural littératures)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: literati
- → Dutch: literatuur
- → Turkish: literatür
Further reading
[edit]- “littérature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.