architectura

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

architectura

1. third-person singular past historic of architecturer

Anagrams

• charcuterait

Interlingua

Noun

architectura (plural architecturas)

1. architecture

Latin

Etymology

From architectus (“architect, designer”) +‎ -tūra, the former of which is a remodeling of Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn) under influence of tegō. The "Latinization" of the second component facilitated the suffixion of -tūra, overriding the originally stem-immanent t.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.tekˈtuː.ra/, [ärkʰɪt̪ɛkˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.tekˈtu.ra/, [ärkit̪ekˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

architectūra f (genitive architectūrae); first declension

1. architecture

   Synonym: architectonia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	architectūra	architectūrae
Genitive	architectūrae	architectūrārum
Dative	architectūrae	architectūrīs
Accusative	architectūram	architectūrās
Ablative	architectūrā	architectūrīs
Vocative	architectūra	architectūrae

Related terms

• architectonia
• architectonicus
• architectonicē
• architectonor
• architector
• architectus
• architectātus
• architectō
• architectōn

 

Descendants

• Asturian: arquiteutura
• Catalan: arquitectura
• Dutch: architectuur
  • Afrikaans: argitektuur
  • → Indonesian: arsitektur
• English: architecture
• Esperanto: arĥitekturo, arkitekturo
  • Ido: arkitekturo
• French: architecture
• Galician: arquitectura
• German: Architektur
• Italian: architettura
• Mirandese: arquitetura
• Occitan: arquitectura
• Portuguese: arquitetura
• Romanian: arhitectură
• Russian: архитекту́ра (arxitektúra)
• Spanish: arquitectura

References

• “architectura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “architectura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• architectura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “architectura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “architectura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ah.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ], /aʁ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ah.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ah.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ], /aʁ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ah.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ/, /aɾ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ/ [aχ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾɐ], /aʁ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ/ [aχ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ʃi.tekˈtu.ɾa/, /aɻ.ʃi.te.kiˈtu.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʃi.tɨˈktu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʃi.tɨˈktu.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.t͡ʃi.tɨˈktu.ɾɐ/

Noun

architectura f (plural architecturas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of arquitetura.