litera

Borrowed from Latin littera.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪtɛra]
• Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra

litera f

1. (higher register) letter (letter of the alphabet)

   Synonym: písmeno

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.te.ra/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɛrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.te.ra/, [ˈliːt̪erä]

lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension

1. Alternative form of littera
   • 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, p.5:

     Latini habent literas viginti quinque: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, ſ, (s), t, u, v, x, y, z.

First-declension noun.

• “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• litera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Borrowed from Latin littera.

litera f (4th declension)

1. synonym of burtstabiņš

From English letter.

litera

1. letter (of the alphabet)

Borrowed from Latin littera.

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

litera f (diminutive literka)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

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

From literă +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /liteˈra/

a litera (third-person singular present literează, past participle literat) 1st conj.

1. to letter

• IPA^(key): /ˈlitera/

litera

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of literă

From Catalan llitera, from Vulgar Latin *lectuāria, from Late Latin lectuārius (“relating to beds”), from Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare Portuguese liteira, French litière, English litter.

• IPA^(key): /liˈteɾa/ [liˈt̪e.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

litera f (plural literas)

1. bunk
2. bunk bed
3. berth, couchette (on either a ship or a train)

   Synonym: camarote

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