"literature" in seven languages
Meaningliterature
Spanish
literatura
/liteɾaˈtuɾa/
fem.learned
French
littérature
/liteʁatyʁ/
fem.learned
Italian
letteratura
/letteraˈtura/
fem.learned
Portuguese
literatura
/liteɾaˈtuɾɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
literatură
/literaˈturə/
fem.learned
Catalan
literatura
/litəɾəˈtuɾə/
fem.learned
English
literature
/ˈlɪtɚətʃɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin litterātūra
English → ItalianliteratureletteraturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LITTERĀTŪRAM‘writing, learning’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From LITTERA 'letter'. Italian letteratura follows lettera with an e; Spanish simplified the double t, French kept it.
English relatives: letter, literal, literate
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In a sentence
- esEstudia literatura francesa.
- frElle étudie la littérature française.
- itStudia letteratura francese.
- ptEla estuda literatura francesa.
- roStudiază literatura franceză.
- caEstudia literatura francesa.
- enShe studies French literature.
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