literat

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɛ.rat/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrat
• Syllabification: li‧te‧rat

Noun

literat m pers (female equivalent literatka, diminutive literacik)

1. man of letters, writer, author

   Synonyms: pisarz, autor

Declension

Declension of literat

	singular	plural
nominative	literat	literaci/literaty (deprecative)
genitive	literata	literatów
dative	literatowi	literatom
accusative	literata	literatów
instrumental	literatem	literatami
locative	literacie	literatach
vocative	literacie	literaci

Related terms

adjectives

• aliteracki
• literacki
• literalny
• literniczy

 

adverbs

• literacko
• literalnie

 

nouns

• antyliteratura
• litera
• literacina
• literatura
• literka
• liternictwo
• liternik
• literowiec
• literówka

 

verbs

• literować
• przeliterować
• przeliterowywać

 

Further reading

• literat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• literat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin litteratus.

Noun

literat m (plural literați)

1. man of letters

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	literat	literatul		literați	literații
genitive-dative	literat	literatului		literați	literaților
vocative	literatule			literaților

Volapük

Noun

literat (uncountable literats)

1. literature

Declension

declension of literat

	singular
nominative	literat
genitive	literata
dative	literate
accusative	literati
vocative 1	o literat!
predicative 2	literatu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only