altura

Catalan

Etymology

From alt +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈtu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

altura f (plural altures)

1. height (distance from the base of something to the top)
2. tallness (quality or characteristic of being tall)

   Synonym: altesa

Related terms

• alt
• altitud

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese altura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from alto (“high”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈtuɾɐ]

Noun

altura f (plural alturas)

1. height
   • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 556:

     Outrosy mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra et sua moller façan outra porta a a dicta casa noua en a outra quadra via de de çima en o chaao, et que non aia altura nehuna do terreo, et que seia ancha tanto por que posa entrar longura de hun tonel a traues, et de altura por que posa entrar un ome ençima de hun caualo, et que non seia ferrada de ferro, saluo palmelas et golfoos pertenesçentes.

     Otherwise, we command that said Martin Becerra and his wife should made another gate in this new house, in the other yard, in the ground level, which should not have any elevation over the ground; it should be wide enough to enter a barrel in long, and its height must be enough for a mounted man, and it should have no iron reinforcements beyond the needed leaves and pins

2. highness
3. hill, height
4. (navigation) deep sea, open sea

Derived terms

• á altura de (“by, nearby”)

Related terms

• altitude

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “altura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “altura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “altura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From alto +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: al‧tù‧ra

Noun

altura f (plural alture)

1. height, high ground
2. deep sea
3. high water

Related terms

• altezza
• altitudine
• alto

Anagrams

• urlata

Latin

Participle

altūra

1. inflection of altūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

altūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of altūrus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese altura, from alto +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈtu.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈtu.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈtu.ɾa/ [aʊ̯ˈtu.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtu.ɾɐ/ [aɫˈtu.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧tu‧ra

Noun

altura f (plural alturas)

1. height

   Synonym: eminência

   Tenho medo de altura.

   I'm afraid of heights.

2. altitude
3. moment, period (in time, usually referring to the past)

   Synonyms: instante, momento, época, fase, ponto

   Nessa altura, ninguém vivia na ilha.

   At that time nobody lived on the island.

4. loftiness
5. (in the plural) sky, firmament

Derived terms

• à altura

Related terms

• alteza
• altitude
• alto

Spanish

Etymology

From alto (“high”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtuɾa/ [al̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: al‧tu‧ra

Noun

altura f (plural alturas)

1. height
2. altitude

Derived terms

• a estas alturas
• a la altura
• altura de apoyo
• altura de la vista
• altura de miras
• altura de polo
• altura de puntas
• altura del ecuador
• altura tonal
• de altura
• flota de altura
• navegación de altura
• pesca de altura
• pesca de gran altura
• piloto de altura
• salto de altura
• vértigo de la altura

 

Related terms

• alteza
• altitud
• alto
• estatura

 

See also

• elevado
• elevación

Further reading

• “altura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10