Literature

Noun

 * 1) The body of all written works.
 * 2) The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
 * 3) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
 * 4) Written fiction of a high standard.
 * ''SF is rarely literature because the characters are so poorly realised. - Adam Cadre

Meronyms

 * See also Thesaurus:literature

Related terms

 * letter
 * literal
 * literacy
 * literate
 * literary

Verbs for Literature
acclaim—; appreciate—; assail—; bar—; censor—; create—; criticize—; dabble in—; delve into—; evaluate—; execute—; foster —; haunt—; interpret—; nurse—; patronize —; relish—; revaluate—; sanctify—; stabilize—; unify—; —charms; —communicates; —conveys; —enlightens; —delights; —enraptures; —eternizes; —expresses; —immortalizes; —incites; —informs; —inspires; —portrays; —provides; —redeems; —reveals; —stimulates; —transfuses; —transports.

Thesaurus
French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature, article, autograph, belles lettres, belles-lettres, bibliography, body of knowledge, body of learning, brainchild, brochures, circulars, classics, composition, computer printout, contemporary literature, copy, cyclopedia, data, document, draft, edited version, encyclopedia, engrossment, erotic literature, erotica, essay, facts, fair copy, fiction, final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, folk literature, holograph, humane letters, information, kitsch, leaflets, letter, letters, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, lore, lucubration, manuscript, materials, matter, medieval literature, national literature, nonfiction, obscene literature, opus, original, pamphlets, paper, parchment, penscript, piece, piece of writing, play, poem, polite literature, pop literature, popular literature, pornographic literature, pornography, printed matter, printout, production, propaganda, pseudonymous literature, publications, publicity, reading matter, recension, republic of letters, scatological literature, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, serious literature, store of knowledge, system of knowledge, the written word, transcript, transcription, travel literature, treasury of information, typescript, underground literature, version, wisdom literature, work, writing, writings

Etymology
From literatura: or litteratura:.

Pronunciation






Translations

 * Albanian: literaturë
 * Arabic: الأدب
 * Aragonese: literatura
 * Asturian: lliteratura
 * Azerbaijani: ədəbiyyat
 * Basque: literatura
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: литература
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 文學, 文学
 * Croatian:
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 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: literatura
 * Georgian: ლიტერატურა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: literaturo
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: litteratura
 * Irish Gaelic: litríocht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 文献 (ぶんけん) (bunken)
 * Javanese: sastra
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean: 문학


 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Limburgish: literatuur
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon: Literatur
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: литература (literatura)
 * Malayalam: സാഹിത്യം
 * Maltese:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: literatura
 * Persian:, ادب
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: литература
 * Scots: leiteratur
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: књижевност (književnost)
 * Sicilian: littiratura
 * Slovak: literatúra
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: literatura, panitikan
 * Tamil: இலக்கியம்
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: література (literatura)
 * Uyghur: edebiyat
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: literat
 * Welsh: llên
 * West Frisian: literatuer


 * Armenian: գրականություն (grakanut'yun)
 * Icelandic: bókmenntir


 * Japanese: 文学 (ぶんがく) (bungaku), 文献 (ぶんけん) (bunken)
 * Kurdish:
 * Marathi: साहित्य
 * Novial: literature
 * Tajik: адабиёт
 * Urdu: ادب

Anagrams

 * literateur