English

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.

Catalan

Noun

figura f ‎(plural figures)

1. figure

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin figura - figure.

Noun

figura (more common word is şekil)

1. figure.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Noun

figura f

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

French

Verb

figura

1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

Hungarian

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

Declension

Derived terms

• sakkfigura

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

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

Latin

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.)

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “figura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
    

Maltese

Noun

figura f

1. figure

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

figura f

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

Declension

Portuguese

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)

Related terms

• configuração

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

figúra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

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

Declension

Spanish

Noun

figura f ‎(plural figuras)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge
3. (theater) part, role
4. {{lb|es|theatre]] actor

Synonyms

• (heraldry): cargo

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.