literal
Old French
adj
Definitions
- literal exactly as stated
- literal relating to or composed of letters
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin litterālis.
Origin
Latin
litterālis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiliteral English
- biliteral English
- duoliteral English
- hexaliteral English
- hyperliteral English
- illiteral English
- literal English
- literalise English
- literalism English
- literalist English
- literality English
- literalization English
- literalize English
- literally English
- literalness English
- monoliteral English
- multiliteral English
- nonliteral English
- overliteral English
- pluriliteral English
- quadriliteral English
- quinqueliteral English
- uniliteral English
- unliteral English
- littera Latin
- litteralis Latin
- litterālis Latin
- letterale Italian
- littéral French
- littéralement French
- literal Spanish, Castilian
- literal Portuguese
- literalny Polish
- literal Catalan, Valencian
- literal Galician