# literatura
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liteɾaˈtuɾa/
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f
* literature

### References

* “literatura”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [li.tə.ɾəˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾa

### Noun

literatura f (plural literatures)
* literature

#### Related terms

* literari

### Further reading

* “literatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “literatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “literatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “literatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪtɛratura]

### Noun

literatura f
* literature
    Synonyms: písemnictví, slovesnost
* bibliography (section of a written work)

#### Derived terms

* literární

#### Related terms

* literát m

### Further reading

* “literatura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “literatura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “literatura”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin litterātūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [literaˈtura]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Adjective

literatura (accusative singular literaturan, plural literaturaj, accusative plural literaturajn)
* literary

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

### Noun

literatura f
* literature

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “literatura”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra. First attested in 1754. Compare Silesian literatura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f (abbreviation lit.)
* literature (body of all written works)
* literature (all papers, treatises, etc.)
* (education) literature (study of written works)
* literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
* (obsolete) stylistics
    Synonym: stylistyka
* (obsolete) philology
    Synonym: filologia
* (obsolete) large amount of text to read

#### Derived terms

* antyliteratura
* literatura faktu
* literatura piękna
* literatura podmiotu
* literatura przedmiotu

#### Related terms

* aliteracki
* literacki
* literalny
* literniczy
* literacko
* literalnie
* litera
* literacina
* literat
* literatka
* literka
* liternictwo
* liternik
* literowiec
* literówka
* literować
* przeliterować
* przeliterowywać

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: lëteratura

### References

* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “literatura”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “litera”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ “LITERATURA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 27.09.2019

### Further reading

* literatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* literatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* literatura in PWN's encyclopedia
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “literatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 753
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “literatura”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”). Doublet of letradura.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /li.tɨ.ɾɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)
* literature (a body of written works collectively)
    Synonym: (obsolete) letradura
** (literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)
** (literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)
** (literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)
** (sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)
    Synonym: bibliografia
* (literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)
* (literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)

#### Alternative forms

* litteratura (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* literatura de cordel
* literatura oral
* literatura popular

#### Related terms

* letra
* letrado
* literal
* literário
* literatice
* literato

### Further reading

* “literatura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “literatura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “literatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “literatura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “literatura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “literatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

### Noun

literatúra f (Cyrillic spelling литерату́ра)
* literature

#### Declension
## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Literatur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.tɛ.raˈtu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f
* literature (the body of all written works)

### Further reading

* Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “literatura”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 93
* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “literatura”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 374

## Slovene
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /litɛratúːra/

### Noun

literatȗra f
* literature (body of all written works)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liteɾaˈtuɾa/ [li.t̪e.ɾaˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f (plural literaturas)
* literature

#### Derived terms

* literaturizar
* metaliteratura

#### Related terms

* letra
* letrado
* literario

### Further reading

* “literatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish literatura, from Latin litterātūra.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /liteɾaˈtuɾa/ [lɪ.t̪ɛ.ɾɐˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜆᜓᜇ)
* literature
    Synonym: panitikan

#### Related terms

* literaryo
* literato

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin litterātūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /litɛʀaˈtuʀa/
* Rhymes: -uʀa
* Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧tu‧ra

### Noun

literatura f
* literature (art of composing works in which language is used aesthetically, seeking to produce emotions in the recipient)

#### Declension
### References

* “literatura” in Soblex