creatura

See also: creatură

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creatūra.

Noun

creatura f (plural creatures)

  1. creature (living being, especially an animal)
    Synonym: criatura

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kre.aˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tù‧ra
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Noun

creatura f (plural creature)

  1. creature
    • 1224, Francis of Assisi, Cantico di Frate Sole, Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco:
      Laudato ſie mi ſignore cū tucte le tue creature, ſpetialm̄te meſſoꝛ lo fr̄e ſole []
      Be praised, my Lord, through all Your creatures, especially my lord Brother Sun, []
    • 1320, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Johannes Numeister, published 1472, archived from the original on 8 March 2016, Canto I:
      Vergine Madre figlia del tuo figlio ¶ humile et alta piu che creatura ¶ termino fiſſo decterno conſiglio []
      Thou Virgin Mother, daughter of thy Son, ¶ humble and high beyond all other creature, ¶ the limit fixed of the eternal counsel, []
  2. (regional) an infant or small child
  3. (figurative) protege

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine future participle form of creō (I create, make).

Pronunciation

Noun

creātūra f (genitive creātūrae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. A created thing; creature.
  2. Creation

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative creātūra creātūrae
Genitive creātūrae creātūrārum
Dative creātūrae creātūrīs
Accusative creātūram creātūrās
Ablative creātūrā creātūrīs
Vocative creātūra creātūrae

Descendants

Participle

creātūra

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

Participle

creātūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of creātūrus

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾe.a.ˈtu.ɾa/

Noun

creatura f

  1. creature, living being
  2. a newborn child

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

Noun

creatura f (oblique plural creaturas, nominative singular creatura, nominative plural creaturas)

  1. creature (chiefly a non-human animal or being)
    • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:
      Toza, tota creatura / Revertis a sa natura [...].
      Girl, every creature reverts to its nature.
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Portuguese

Noun

creatura f (plural creaturas)

  1. Obsolete form of criatura.

Spanish

Noun

creatura f (plural creaturas)

  1. (formal) creature
    Synonym: criatura

Further reading

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