letra
Portuguese
/ˈle.tɾɐ/
noun
Definitions
- letter letter of the alphabet
- calligraphy style of handwriting of a person, handwriting
- (informal) font
- (music) lyrics words of a song
- (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese letra inherited from Latin littera (letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural) derived from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (prepared hide, leather, tablet, piece of leather, hide, anything made of leather).
Origin
Ancient Greek
διφθέρα
Gloss
prepared hide, leather, tablet, piece of leather, hide, anything made of leather
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
革
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- literation English
- diphthericus Latin
- littera Latin
- litteralis Latin
- litteratim Latin
- litterator Latin
- lettera Italian
- diphthérie French
- литера Russian
- letra Spanish, Castilian
- διφθέρα Ancient Greek
- διφθέρινος Ancient Greek
- διφθέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- letreiro Portuguese
- letrinha Portuguese
- letrista Portuguese
- sob Portuguese
- soletrar Portuguese
- transliterar Portuguese
- litera Polish
- دَفْتَر Arabic
- letre Old French
- lettre Old French
- litero Esperanto
- lletra Catalan, Valencian
- letra Galician
- llythyr Welsh
- litera Latvian
- liter Old Irish
- letra Old Portuguese
- დავთარი Georgian
- დიფთერია Georgian
- літера Ukrainian
- letra Occitan
- літара Belarusian
- letra Romansh
- lletra Asturian
- letare Friulian
- littra Sicilian
- łétara Venetian
- lether Cornish
- lyther Cornish
- דהפתּיר Aramaic
- דפתרא Aramaic
- latera Dalmatian
- ܕܦܬܪܐ Classical Syriac
- *dipʰtʰérā Proto-Hellenic
- leitera Old Latin