литера
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- type block with a raised letter or character on its surface
- (dated) letter (of an alphabet)
- A prepaid mark on a postal envelope
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin littera (letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural).
Origin
Latin
littera
Gloss
letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- literation English
- littera Latin
- litteralis Latin
- litteratim Latin
- litterator Latin
- lettera Italian
- letra Spanish, Castilian
- διφθέρα Ancient Greek
- διφθέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- transliterar Portuguese
- litera Polish
- letre Old French
- lettre Old French
- litero Esperanto
- lletra Catalan, Valencian
- llythyr Welsh
- litera Latvian
- liter Old Irish
- letra Old Portuguese
- літера Ukrainian
- letra Occitan
- літара Belarusian
- letra Romansh
- lletra Asturian
- letare Friulian
- littra Sicilian
- łétara Venetian
- lether Cornish
- lyther Cornish
- latera Dalmatian
- leitera Old Latin