literate

English

literate (comparative more literate, superlative most literate)

Able to read and write; having literacy.
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
- 2005, Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, Harper:
  The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.

able to read, having literacy

Catalan: alfabet (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 識字的 (zh), 识字的 (zh) (shìzì de)
Chukchi: кэԓигъюԓетыԓьын (kėḷigʺjuḷetyḷʹyn)
Czech: gramotný m
French: alphabète (fr), lettré (fr)
German: schriftkundig, schreibkundig, lese- und schreibkundig, des Lesens und Schreibens mächtig, alphabetisiert (de); (of cultures also) literal (de)
Hindi: शिक्षित (hi) (śikṣit), पढ़ा लिखा m (paṛhā likhā)
Japanese: 読み書きができる (yomikaki ga dekiru)
Kurdish:
Sorani: خوێنده‌وار‎‎ (xwéndewar)

knowledgeable in literature and writing

Russian: образо́ванный (ru) (obrazóvannyj) (educated), начи́танный (ru) (načítannyj) (well-read)
Scottish Gaelic: litearra
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: начитан, учен

Roman: načitan (sh), učen (sh)
Spanish: letrado (es)
Swedish: beläst (sv)

literate (plural literates)

literāte

literate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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