figura

Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.

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.

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡu.ɾa/

figura f (plural figures)

1. figure
2. (heraldry) charge

Borrowed from Latin figūra (“figure”).

figura

1. figure

• şekil (more commonly)

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

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪɡura]
• Rhymes: -ura

figura f

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

• řečnická figura

• See fingovat

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

figura

1. third-person singular past historic of figurer

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese figura, fegura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin figura.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɣuɾa̝/

figura f (plural figuras)

1. figure, representation
   • 1288, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 260:

     hun privilegio seelado de hun seelo pendente eno qual seelo era de hua parte figura de rey encavalgado en seu cavalo teente ena mao destra una espada e da outra parte era figura de león

     a privilege, sealed with a hanging seal, in which seal it was on one side the figure of a king riding his horse, holding a sword in his right hand, and on the other side a figure of a lion

2. figure, aspect, shape
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page438:

     Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.

     The Cynocephali have a very long face, in the shape of a dog['s face]; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence

3. illustration
4. character (notable or eccentric person)

• figura retórica
• figurante
• figurar
• figureiro

• “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “figura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “figura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “figura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “figura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Latin figūra.[1]

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

figura (plural figurák)

1. character, personage

   kitalált figura ― fictional character

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

• sakkfigura

From Latin figūra, possibly borrowed.

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

figura f (plural figure)

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

• fare una bella / brutta figura

• impressione

figura

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

• frugai

From fingō.

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

figūra f (genitive figūrae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

• 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
    

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

figura f

1. figure

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

• IPA^(key): /fʲiˈɡu.ra/

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figura f

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

• figura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.

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

figura f (plural figuras)

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

• configuração

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

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

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

figúra f (Cyrillic spelling фигу́ра)

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɡuɾa/, [fiˈɣuɾa]
• Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧ra

Borrowed from Latin figūra.

figura f (plural figuras)

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

• (heraldry): cargo

See the etymology of the main entry.

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.