# figura
## English
### Etymology

From Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪˈɡjʊəɹə/

### Noun

figura (plural figurae)
* (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
    Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.

#### Related terms

* figura etymologica

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fiˈɣu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiˈɣu.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa

#### Noun

figura f (plural figures)
* figure
* (heraldry) charge

##### Related terms

* figuratiu

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

figura
* inflection of figurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

### Noun

figura
* figure
    Synonym: (more commonly) şekil

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪɡura]
* Rhymes: -ura

### Noun

figura f
* figure
* (board games): piece
* dummy, puppet
* (heraldry) charge

#### Derived terms

* figura řeči
* rétorická figura
* řečnická figura
* řečová figura

#### Related terms

* See fingovat

### Further reading

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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.ɡy.ʁa/

### Verb

figura
* third-person singular past historic of figurer

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈɣuɾa̝/

### Noun

figura f (plural figuras)
* figure, representation
** 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:
    hun privilegio seelado de hun seelo pendente eno qual seelo era de hua parte figura de rey encavalgado en seu cavalo teente ena mao destra una espada e da outra parte era figura de leóna privilege, sealed with a hanging seal, in which seal it was on one side the figure of a king riding his horse, holding a sword in his right hand, and on the other side a figure of a lion
* figure, aspect, shape
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.The Cynocephali have a very long face, in the shape of a dog['s face]; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence
* illustration
* character (notable or eccentric person)

#### Derived terms

* figura retórica
* figurante
* figurar
* figureiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “figura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “figura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “figura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “figura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfiɡurɒ]
* Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra
* Rhymes: -rɒ

### Noun

figura (plural figurák)
* character, personage
    Synonyms: szereplő, személy, alak
    kitalált figura ― fictional character
* (chess) piece
* (dance, skating) figure

#### Derived terms

* sakkfigura

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* figura in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and pigura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈɡura/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

### Noun

figura
* end of year celebration in Manado, in the form of a parade around the village, followed by men dressed as women and women dressed like men.
* Alternative spelling of pigura

### Further reading

* “figura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фигура (figura).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈfiɡurɑ/, [ˈfiɡur]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈfiɡuːrɑ/, [ˈfikˑuːrɑ]
* Rhymes: -iɡur, -iɡuːrɑ
* Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

### Noun

figura
* figure, shape
** 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:Mont kvadrattia ono joka figuraas?How many squares are there in each figure?

#### Declension
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈɡu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: fi‧gù‧ra
(Rome) IPA: /fiɣ̞uɾä/

### Etymology 1

From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

#### Noun

figura f (plural figure, diminutive figurìna or figurìno m or figurétta or figurettìna, augmentative (usually figurative) figuróna or (usually figurative) figuróne m, pejorative (usually figurative) figuràccia, derogatory figurùccia or figurettùccia)
* figure (all senses)
* illustration
* character
* impression, showing
* court, coat, face (of playing cards)

##### Synonyms

* impressione

##### Related terms

* fare una bella / brutta figura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

figura
* inflection of figurare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* figura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* figura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* figùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* figura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* figura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* frugai

## Latin
### Etymology

From fingō, perhaps through *-ūra a rebracketed variant of -tūra; if so, doublet of fictūra. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ("to form, to shape").

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /fiˈɡuː.ra/, [fɪˈɡuːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /fiˈɡu.ra/, [fiˈɡuːrä]

### Noun

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension
* shape, form, figure
* (geometry) shape
* (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe
    Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit.He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: figiurâ, figurâ
* Asturian: figura, fegura
* Bulgarian: фигура (figura)
* Catalan: figura
* Corsican: figura
* Czech: figura
* Dutch: figuur
* Emilian: figûra
* English: figure
* Franco-Provençal: figura
* French: figure
* Friulian: figure
* Galician: figura
* Georgian: ფიგურა (pigura)
* German: Figur
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: figura
* Irish: fíor
* Istriot: figoûra
* Italian: figura
* Ladino: fegura
* Ladin: figura
* Leonese: figura
* Ligurian: figua
* Lombard: figura
* Maltese: figura
* Mirandese: figura
* Neapolitan: figura, fiura
* Old Galician-Portuguese: figura
* Papiamentu: figura
* Piedmontese: figura
* Principense: fêgwa
* Polish: figura
* Portuguese: figura
* Romagnol: figura
* Romanian: figură
* Romansch: figüra
* Russian: фигура (figura)
* Shona: figura, fregura, frigura, friura
* Sãotomense: fegula
* Serbo-Croatian: figúra / фигу́ра
* Sicilian: figura
* Spanish: figura
* Swedish: figur
* Tetum: figura
* Venetan: figura
* Walloon: figueûr

### References

* “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “figura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "figura", 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)
* figura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian figura, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fgura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪˈɡuː.ra/

### Noun

figura f (plural figuri)
* figure

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin figūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈɡu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

### Noun

figura f
* shape
* (anatomy) figure (human figure; shape of human body)
    Synonym: sylwetka
* (chess) chess piece

#### Declension
### Further reading

* figura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* figura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈɡu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈɡu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fiˈɡu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiˈɡu.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣu.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.

#### Noun

figura f (plural figuras)
* figure (graphical representation)
* figure (shape of something)
* character (notable or eccentric person)

##### Related terms

* configuração

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

figura
* inflection of figurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fiˈɡura]

#### Noun

figura f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of figură

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French figurer.

#### Verb

a figura (third-person singular present figurează, past participle figurat) 1st conjugation
* to appear (in a list, etc.), be included; to represent

##### Conjugation
## Sardinian
### Noun

figura f (plural figuras)
* figure

### Further reading

* “figura” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiɡǔːra/
* Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

### Noun

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)
* figure
* figurine
* (chess) piece

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈɡuɾa/ [fiˈɣ̞u.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

#### Noun

figura f (plural figuras)
* figure
* (heraldry) charge
    Synonym: cargo
* (theater) part, role
* (theater) actor

##### Derived terms

* figura de bulto
* figura de construcción
* figura de dicción
* figura de mérito
* figura de pensamiento
* figura del donaire
* figura del silogismo
* figura retórica
* figurear
* genio y figura hasta la sepultura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

figura
* inflection of figurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “figura”, 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