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letra

See also: létra and Letras

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish letra and French lettre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /letra/ [le.t̪ra]
  • Rhymes: -etra
  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

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letra inan

  1. letter of the alphabet
    Synonym: izki
  2. handwriting
    Synonym: idazkera
  3. (Northern) letter (written message)
    Synonyms: gutun, eskutitz
  4. (banking) Short for kanbio-letra (“bill of exchange”).

Declension

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Declension of letra (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive letra letra letrak
ergative letrak letrak letrek
dative letrari letrari letrei
genitive letraren letraren letren
comitative letrarekin letrarekin letrekin
causative letrarengatik letrarengatik letrengatik
benefactive letrarentzat letrarentzat letrentzat
instrumental letraz letraz letrez
inessive letratan letran letretan
locative letratako letrako letretako
allative letratara letrara letretara
terminative letrataraino letraraino letretaraino
directive letratarantz letrarantz letretarantz
destinative letratarako letrarako letretarako
ablative letratatik letratik letretatik
partitive letrarik — —
prolative letratzat — —

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “letra”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “letra”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish letra (“letter of the alphabet”), from Latin littera.

Noun

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letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.

Noun

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letra

  1. A letter of the alphabet.

References

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  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter of the alphabet

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog letra.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈlet̚.ɾʌ]
    • IPA(key): (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ˈretɾa/ [ˈret̚.ɾʌ]
  • Rhymes: -etɾa
  • Syllabification: let‧ra

Noun

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letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
  2. calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting
    Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita
  3. (informal) font
    Synonym: fonte
  4. (music) lyrics (words of a song)
  5. (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. (Sutsilvan) letter (of the alphabet)

Synonyms

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bustab
  • (Puter, Vallader) custab

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (symbol)
    Hypernym: carácter
  2. handwriting
  3. lyrics

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Chavacano: letra
  • → Classical Nahuatl: letra
  • → Tagalog: letra

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish letra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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letra (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: titik
  2. penmanship; style of handwriting
    Synonym: sulat-kamay
  3. letter type
    Synonym: tipo
  4. lyrics (of a song)
    Synonym: titik
  5. style by which letters were made by hands
    Synonyms: pagkakaletra, pagkakapagletra
  6. literature
    Synonyms: panitikan, literatura

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