When, one day, computers undertake to translate literary works, it will be the end of literature as we know it.
Source: tatoeba (267475)
Literary
//ˈlɪtəɹɛ(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "literary" (31 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
related to
12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- letterkundige adj (relating to literature)
- letterkundige adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- literêre adj (relating to literature)
- literêre adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Albanian
1 entries- letrar adj (relating to literature)
Arabic
1 entries- أَدَبِيّ adj (relating to literature)
Armenian
3 entries- գրական adj (relating to literature)
- գրական adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- գրական adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Asturian
1 entries- lliterariu adj (relating to literature)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ədəbi adj (relating to literature)
Belarusian
3 entries- кні́жны adj (relating to literature)
- кні́жны adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- літарату́рны adj (relating to literature)
Bulgarian
2 entries- литерату́рен adj (relating to literature)
- литерату́рен adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Catalan
1 entries- literari adj (relating to literature)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 文 adj (relating to literature)
- 文學 /文学 adj (relating to literature)
Czech
1 entries- literární adj (relating to literature)
Danish
2 entries- litterær adj (relating to literature)
- litterær adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Dutch
1 entries- literair adj (relating to literature)
Esperanto
1 entries- literatura adj (relating to literature)
Estonian
1 entries- kirjanduslik adj (relating to literature)
Finnish
4 entries- kaunokirjallinen adj (relating to literature)
- kirjailija adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- kirjakielinen adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- kirjallinen adj (relating to literature)
French
1 entries- littéraire adj (relating to literature)
Galician
1 entries- literario adj (relating to literature)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიტერატურული adj (relating to literature)
German
4 entries- gehoben adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- literarisch adj (relating to literature)
- literarisch adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- schriftstellerisch adj (relating to literature)
Greek
3 entries- λογοτεχνικός adj (relating to literature)
- λογοτεχνικός adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- λογοτεχνικός adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Hindi
2 entries- साहित्यिक adj (relating to literature)
- साहित्यिक adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Hungarian
4 entries- emelkedett adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- irodalmi adj (relating to literature)
- irodalmi adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- választékos adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اَدَبی adj (relating to literature)
Italian
1 entries- letterario adj (relating to literature)
Japanese
2 entries- 文学の adj (relating to literature)
- 文学の adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Kazakh
1 entries- әдеби adj (relating to literature)
Korean
2 entries- 문학의 adj (relating to literature)
- 문학의 adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- адабий adj (relating to literature)
Latin
1 entries- litterārius adj (relating to literature)
Latvian
1 entries- literārs adj (relating to literature)
Lithuanian
3 entries- literatūrinis adj (relating to literature)
- literatūros adj (relating to literature)
- rašytojų adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- literaresch adj (relating to literature)
Macedonian
1 entries- литерату́рен adj (relating to literature)
Malay
1 entries- sastera adj (relating to literature)
Malayalam
1 entries- സാഹിത്യ adj (relating to literature)
Norman
1 entries- littéthaithe adj (relating to literature)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- litterær adj (relating to literature)
- litterær adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- litterær adj (relating to literature)
- litterær adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Occitan
1 entries- literari adj (relating to literature)
Polish
3 entries- książkowy adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- literacki adj (relating to literature)
- literacki adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Portuguese
1 entries- literário adj (relating to literature)
Romanian
1 entries- literar adj (relating to literature)
Russian
4 entries- кни́жный adj (relating to literature)
- кни́жный adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- литера́торский adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- литерату́рный adj (relating to literature)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- knjȉžēvnī adj (relating to literature)
- lȉterāran adj (relating to literature)
- књи̏же̄внӣ adj (relating to literature)
- ли̏тера̄ран adj (relating to literature)
Spanish
1 entries- literario adj (relating to literature)
Swedish
2 entries- litterär adj (relating to literature)
- litterär adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Tagalog
1 entries- pampanitikan adj (relating to literature)
Tajik
1 entries- адабӣ adj (relating to literature)
Tatar
1 entries- әдәби adj (relating to literature)
Turkish
1 entries- edebî adj (relating to literature)
Turkmen
1 entries- edebi adj (relating to literature)
Ukrainian
4 entries- книжко́вий adj (relating to literature)
- книжко́вий adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- літера́торський adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
- літерату́рний adj (relating to literature)
Urdu
1 entries- اَدَبی adj (relating to literature)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەدەبىي adj (relating to literature)
- كىتاۋىي adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
Uzbek
1 entries- adabiy adj (relating to literature)
Vietnamese
3 entries- văn chương adj (relating to literature)
- văn hoa adj (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing)
- văn học adj (relating to literature)
Welsh
2 entries- llenyddol adj (relating to literature)
- llenyddol adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Yiddish
2 entries- ליטעראַריש adj (relating to literature)
- ליטעראַריש adj (relating to writers, or the profession of literature)
Zazaki
1 entries- edebi adj (relating to literature)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A criticism of literary works this year is in the paper.
Source: tatoeba (269410)
Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.
Source: tatoeba (275942)
Noted literary personalities gathered together last evening.
Source: tatoeba (277060)
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