adj
Meaning 1
Relating to literature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- literary fame
- a literary history
- literary conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
literary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, UK: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
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Australian, UK: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹi/
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Canada, US: /ˈlɪt.əˌɹɛɹ.i/
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Canada, US: [ˈɫɪɾ.əˌɹɛɹ.i]
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 T ER0 EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a literary man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Bookish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- literary criticism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
knowledgeable about literature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a literary style
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French littéraire.
Across languages
Translations
116 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: literêre — relating to literature
- Afrikaans: letterkundige — relating to literature
- Albanian: letrar — relating to literature
- Arabic: أَدَبِيّ (ʔadabiyy) — relating to literature
- Armenian: գրական (grakan) — relating to literature
- Asturian: lliterariu — relating to literature
- Azerbaijani: ədəbi — relating to literature
- Belarusian: літарату́рны (litaratúrny) — relating to literature
- Belarusian: кні́жны (knížny) — relating to literature
- Bulgarian: литерату́рен (literatúren) — relating to literature
- Catalan: literari — relating to literature
- Chinese Mandarin: 文學 /文学 (wénxué) — relating to literature
- Chinese Mandarin: 文 (wén) — relating to literature
- Czech: literární — relating to literature
- Danish: litterær — relating to literature
- Dutch: literair — relating to literature
- Esperanto: literatura — relating to literature
- Estonian: kirjanduslik — relating to literature
- Finnish: kirjallinen — relating to literature
- Finnish: kaunokirjallinen — relating to literature
- French: littéraire — relating to literature
- Galician: literario — relating to literature
- Georgian: ლიტერატურული (liṭeraṭuruli) — relating to literature
- German: literarisch — relating to literature
- German: schriftstellerisch — relating to literature
- Greek: λογοτεχνικός (logotechnikós) — relating to literature
- Hindi: साहित्यिक (sāhityik) — relating to literature
- Hungarian: irodalmi — relating to literature
- Italian: letterario — relating to literature
- Japanese: 文学の (bungaku no) — relating to literature
- Kazakh: әдеби (ädebi) — relating to literature
- Korean: 문학의 (munhag-ui) — relating to literature
- Kyrgyz: адабий (adabiy) — relating to literature
- Latin: litterārius — relating to literature
- Latvian: literārs — relating to literature
- Lithuanian: literatūros — relating to literature
- Lithuanian: literatūrinis — relating to literature
- Luxembourgish: literaresch — relating to literature
- Macedonian: литерату́рен (literatúren) — relating to literature
- Malay: sastera — relating to literature
- Malayalam: സാഹിത്യ (sāhitya) — relating to literature
- Norman: littéthaithe — relating to literature
- Norwegian Bokmål: litterær — relating to literature
- Norwegian Nynorsk: litterær — relating to literature
- Occitan: literari — relating to literature
- Iranian Persian: اَدَبی (adabi) — relating to literature
- Polish: literacki — relating to literature
- Portuguese: literário — relating to literature
- Romanian: literar — relating to literature
- Russian: литерату́рный (literatúrnyj) — relating to literature
- Russian: кни́жный (knížnyj) — relating to literature
- Serbo-Croatian: ли̏тера̄ран — relating to literature
- Serbo-Croatian: књи̏же̄внӣ — relating to literature
- Serbo-Croatian: lȉterāran — relating to literature
- Serbo-Croatian: knjȉžēvnī — relating to literature
- Spanish: literario — relating to literature
- Swedish: litterär — relating to literature
- Tagalog: pampanitikan — relating to literature
- Tajik: адабӣ (adabi) — relating to literature
- Tatar: әдәби (ädäbi) — relating to literature
- Turkish: edebî — relating to literature
- Turkmen: edebi — relating to literature
- Ukrainian: літерату́рний (literatúrnyj) — relating to literature
- Ukrainian: книжко́вий (knyžkóvyj) — relating to literature
- Urdu: اَدَبی (adabī) — relating to literature
- Uyghur: ئەدەبىي (edebiy) — relating to literature
- Uzbek: adabiy — relating to literature
- Vietnamese: văn học — relating to literature
- Vietnamese: văn chương — relating to literature
- Welsh: llenyddol — relating to literature
- Yiddish: ליטעראַריש (literarish) — relating to literature
- Zazaki: edebi — relating to literature
- Afrikaans: literêre — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Afrikaans: letterkundige — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Armenian: գրական (grakan) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Danish: litterær — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Finnish: kirjailija- — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Finnish: kirjallisuus- — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Finnish: kirjallinen — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- German: literarisch — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- German: schriftstellerisch (tätig) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Greek: λογοτεχνικός (logotechnikós) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Hindi: साहित्यिक (sāhityik) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Hungarian: írói — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Hungarian: irodalmi — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Lithuanian: rašytojų — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Norwegian Bokmål: litterær — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Norwegian Nynorsk: litterær — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Polish: literacki — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Russian: писа́тельский (pisátelʹskij) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Russian: литера́торский (literátorskij) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Swedish: litterär — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Ukrainian: письме́ннецький (pysʹménnecʹkyj) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Ukrainian: літера́торський (literátorsʹkyj) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Ukrainian: писе́мницький (pysémnycʹkyj) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Welsh: llenyddol — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Yiddish: ליטעראַריש (literarish) — relating to writers, or the profession of literature
- Finnish: kirjallisuutta tunteva — knowledgeable of literature or writing
- Afrikaans: literêre — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Armenian: գրական (grakan) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Belarusian: кні́жны (knížny) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Bulgarian: литерату́рен (literatúren) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Chinese Mandarin: 書面 /书面 (shūmiàn) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Finnish: kirjakielinen — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Finnish: kirjallinen — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- German: gehoben — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Greek: λογοτεχνικός (logotechnikós) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Hungarian: emelkedett — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Hungarian: választékos — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Japanese: 文学の (bungaku no) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Korean: 문학의 (munhag-ui) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Polish: książkowy — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Russian: кни́жный (knížnyj) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Ukrainian: книжко́вий (knyžkóvyj) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Uyghur: كىتاۋىي (kitawiy) — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
- Vietnamese: văn hoa — appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
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