figura

Etymology

Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

Noun

figura (plural figurae)

1. (semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.

   Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.

Noun

figura f (plural figures)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

Etymology

Latin figura (“figure”).

Noun

figura

1. figure.

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪɡura]
• Rhymes: -ura

Noun

figura f

1. figure
2. (board games): piece
3. dummy, puppet
4. (heraldry) charge

Related terms

• See fingovat

Further reading

• figura in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• figura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Verb

figura

1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

Etymology

From Latin figura.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiɡurɒ]
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura (plural figurák)

1. character, personage

   kitalált figura ― fictional character

2. (chess) piece
3. (dance, skating) figure

References

Noun

figura f (plural figure)

1. figure (all senses)
2. illustration
3. character
4. impression
5. (of playing cards) court, coat, face

Related terms

• fare una bella / brutta figura

Synonyms

• impressione

Verb

figura

1. third-person singular present indicative of figurare
2. second-person singular imperative of figurare

Anagrams

• frugai

Etymology

From fingō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡuː.ra/, [fɪˈɡuː.ra]

Noun

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

1. shape, form, figure
2. (figurative) taunt, quip, jibe (e.g. Figuras causidicorum lenissime tulit. He took in stride the pleaders' taunts.)

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, 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
    

Noun

figura f

1. figure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiˈɡu.ra/

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Noun

figura f

1. shape
2. figure (human figure; shape of human body)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese figura, fegura, from Latin figura.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ˈɣu.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure (graphical representation)
2. figure (shape of something)
3. character (notable or eccentric person)

Verb

figura

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of figurar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of figurar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɡǔːra/
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Noun

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

1. figure
2. figurine
3. (chess) piece

Noun

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge
3. (theater) part, role
4. (theater) actor

Verb

figura

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of figurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of figurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of figurar.