# categoria
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “public accusation”). Doublet of category.

### Noun

categoria (uncountable)
* (rhetoric) Exposure of an opponent's secret wickedness, especially in the opponent's presence.

## Aromanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Noun

categoria f (plural categoriur)
* category

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kə.tə.ɣuˈɾi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.te.ɣoˈɾi.a]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

categoria f (plural categories)
* category

#### Derived terms

* categoritzar

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ia
* IPA: /ka.te.ɡoˈri.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: ca‧te‧go‧rì‧a
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

categoria f (plural categorie)
* category, topic
* class

#### Hyponyms

* sottocategoria

## Ladin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Noun

categoria f (plural categories)
* category

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “charge, accusation; logic: predication, category”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ka.teːˈɡo.ri.a/, [kät̪eːˈɡɔriä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ka.teˈɡo.ri.a/, [kät̪eˈɡɔːriä]

### Noun

catēgoria f (genitive catēgoriae); first declension
* accusation
* predicament
* (logic) category

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Descendants

* Portuguese: categoria
* Italian: categoria
* English: categoria
* Aromanian: categoria
* Catalan: categoria
* Ladin: categoria
* Occitan: categoria

### References

* “categoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* categoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lombard
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kateɡuˈria/

### Noun

categoria f
* category

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

categoria f (plural categorias)
* category

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* cathegoria (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.te.ɡoˈɾi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.te.ɡoˈɾi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.te.ɡoˈɾi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.tɨ.ɡuˈɾi.ɐ/ [kɐ.tɨ.ɣuˈɾi.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧te‧go‧ri‧a

### Noun

categoria f (plural categorias)
* category
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 80:Assim fallavam alguns indivíduos pertencentes a diversas cathegorias da pequena sociedade da villa de X∗∗∗ […]Thus spoke some individuals belonging to various classes of the small society of the town of X∗∗∗ […]

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:categoria.

#### Derived terms

* categorizar
* subcategoria

### Further reading

* “categoria”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “categoria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025