letra
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish letra (“letter of the alphabet”), from Latin littera.
Noun
letra
- letter of the alphabet
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.
Noun
letra
- A letter of the alphabet.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10
- in jntlatolpan, vnca in letra. R.
- (in their language was the letter r.)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10
References
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter of the alphabet
Further reading
- “letra” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- lettra (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.tɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: le‧tra
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
- calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting
- Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita
- (informal) font
- Synonym: fonte
- (music) lyrics (words of a song)
- (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball
Coordinate terms
- (letter of the alphabet): glifo, hieróglifo, ideograma, pictograma, runa
Derived terms
- à letra
- boas letras
- letra historiada
- letra média
- letra moçárabe
- letra morta
- letra plena
- letra promissória
- letras sagradas
- letra toledana
- letreiro
- letrista
- tirar de letra
Related terms
- beletrismo
- letrado
- literal
- literário
- literatura
Further reading
- letra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- (Sutsilvan) letter (of the alphabet)
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bustab
- (Puter, Vallader) custab
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈle.t̪ɾa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -etɾa
- Syllabification: le‧tra
Noun
letra f (plural letras)
- letter (symbol)
- Hypernym: carácter
- handwriting
- lyrics
Derived terms
- a la letra
- al pie de la letra
- con todas las letras
- de puño y letra
- hombre de letras
- juntaletras
- letra bastardilla
- letra chica
- letra corrida
- letra de cambio
- letra lunar
- letra mayúscula
- letra minúscula
- letra pequeña
- letra superior
- letra volada
- letra voladita
- letrilla
- mujer de letras
- sopa de letras
- tipo de letra
Descendants
- → Chavacano: letra
- → Classical Nahuatl: letra
- → Tagalog: letra
Further reading
- “letra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish letra.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: let‧ra
- IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/, [ˈlet.ɾɐ]
Noun
letra
- letter (of the alphabet)
- Synonym: titik
- penmanship; style of handwriting
- Synonym: sulat-kamay
- letter type
- Synonym: tipo
- lyrics (of a song)
- Synonym: titik
- style by which letters were made by hands
- Synonyms: pagkakaletra, pagkakapagletra
- literature
- Synonyms: panitikan, literatura
Derived terms
- letrahan
- letra-por-letra
- pagkakaletra
- pagkakapagletra
- pagleletra
- tagaletra
- tagapagletra
Related terms
- letrado