Literature

//ˈlɪt.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ//

Synonyms for "literature" (110 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (33)

Noun(2 words)
litliterary fiction

Related words (55)

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More general

5 entries

Related terms

23 entries

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at location

10 entries

capable of

2 entries

created by

1 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

35 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

4 entries

meronym

86 entries

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receives action

2 entries

related to

134 entries

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used for

23 entries

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Translations

209 translations across 121 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • letterkunde noun (body of all written works)
  • letterkunde noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • literatuur noun (body of all written works)
  • literatuur noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)

Albanian

2 entries
  • letërsi noun (body of all written works)
  • literaturë noun (body of all written works)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሥነ ጽሑፍ noun (body of all written works)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أَدَب noun (body of all written works)
  • أَدَبِيَّات noun (body of all written works)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գրականություն noun (body of all written works)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সাহিত্য noun (body of all written works)

Asturian

1 entries
  • lliteratura noun (body of all written works)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ədəbiyyat noun (body of all written works)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • әҙәбиәт noun (body of all written works)
  • әҙәбиәт noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • әҙәбиәт noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Basque

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • літарату́ра noun (body of all written works)
  • пісьме́нства noun (body of all written works)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সাহিত্য noun (body of all written works)

Breton

1 entries
  • lennegezh noun (body of all written works)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кни́жнина noun (body of all written works)
  • литерату́ра noun (body of all written works)
  • литература noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • литература noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စာပေ noun (body of all written works)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • літерату́ра noun (body of all written works)

Catalan

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Chinese

2 entries
  • вынщуә noun (body of all written works)
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)
  • 文學 /文学 noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • 文獻 /文献 noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Cornish

1 entries
  • lien noun (body of all written works)

Czech

3 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • písemnictví noun (body of all written works)
  • slovesnost noun (body of all written works)

Danish

1 entries
  • litteratur noun (body of all written works)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • އަދަބިއްޔާތު noun (body of all written works)

Dutch

1 entries
  • literatuur noun (body of all written works)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • literaturo noun (body of all written works)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kirjandus noun (body of all written works)
  • literatuur noun (body of all written works)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bókmentir noun (body of all written works)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kaunokirjallisuus noun (written fiction of high standard)
  • kirjallisuus noun (body of all written works)
  • kirjallisuus noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • kirjallisuus noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

French

2 entries
  • littérature noun (body of all written works)
  • littérature noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Galician

2 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • literatura noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლიტერატურა noun (body of all written works)

German

1 entries
  • Literatur noun (body of all written works)

Greek

2 entries
  • βιβλιογραφία noun (body of all written works)
  • λογοτεχνία noun (body of all written works)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સાહિત્ય noun (body of all written works)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סִפְרוּת noun (body of all written works)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • panulat noun (body of all written works)

Hindi

3 entries
  • साहित्य noun (body of all written works)
  • साहित्य noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • साहित्य noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • irodalom noun (body of all written works)
  • szakirodalom noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • bókmenntir noun (body of all written works)
  • bókmenntir noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)

Ido

1 entries
  • literaturo noun (body of all written works)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kesusasteraan noun (body of all written works)
  • literatur noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
  • literatur noun (written fiction of high standard)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • litteratura noun (body of all written works)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اَدَب noun (body of all written works)
  • اَدَبِیات noun (body of all written works)
  • اَدَبِیَّات noun (body of all written works)

Irish

3 entries
  • litríocht noun (body of all written works)
  • litríocht noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • litríocht noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Italian

2 entries
  • letteratura noun (body of all written works)
  • letteratura noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 文学 noun (body of all written works)
  • 文学 noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • 文献 noun (body of all written works)
  • 文献 noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Javanese

1 entries
  • sastra noun (body of all written works)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ noun (body of all written works)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • lëteratura noun (body of all written works)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • әдебиет noun (body of all written works)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អក្សរសាស្ត្រ noun (body of all written works)

Korean

3 entries
  • 문학 noun (body of all written works)
  • 문학 noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • 문헌 noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • адабият noun (body of all written works)
  • жазын noun (body of all written works)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວັນນະຄະດີ noun (body of all written works)

Latin

1 entries
  • litterae noun (body of all written works)

Latvian

1 entries
  • literatūra noun (body of all written works)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • literatuur noun (body of all written works)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • literatūrà noun (body of all written works)

Low German

1 entries
  • Literatur noun (body of all written works)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Literatur noun (body of all written works)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • книжевност noun (body of all written works)
  • литерату́ра noun (body of all written works)

Malay

3 entries
  • kesusasteraan noun (body of all written works)
  • persuratan noun (body of all written works)
  • sastera noun (body of all written works)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സാഹിത്യം noun (body of all written works)

Maltese

1 entries
  • letteratura noun (body of all written works)

Marathi

1 entries
  • साहित्य noun (body of all written works)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • lhiteratura noun (body of all written works)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • утга зохиол noun (body of all written works)

Māori

4 entries
  • mātākōrero noun (body of all written works)
  • mātātuhi noun (body of all written works)
  • mātātuhi noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • mātātuhi noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Nepali

1 entries
  • साहित्य noun (body of all written works)

Norman

2 entries
  • littéthatuthe noun (body of all written works)
  • littéthatuthe noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • edebiyat noun (body of all written works)
  • lîteratûr noun (body of all written works)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • litteratur noun (body of all written works)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • litteratur noun (body of all written works)

Occitan

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Odia

1 entries
  • ସାହିତ୍ୟ noun (body of all written works)

Old English

1 entries
  • bōccræft noun (body of all written works)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ادب noun (body of all written works)
  • ادبپوهنه noun (body of all written works)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Schreft noun (body of all written works)
  • Schreft noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)

Polish

2 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • literatura noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • literatura noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • literatura noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸਾਹਿਤ noun (body of all written works)

Romanian

1 entries
  • literatură noun (body of all written works)

Romansch

3 entries
  • litteratura noun (body of all written works)
  • litteratura noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • litteratura noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Russian

3 entries
  • литерату́ра noun (body of all written works)
  • литерату́ра noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
  • слове́сность noun (body of all written works)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • साहित्य noun (body of all written works)

Scots

1 entries
  • leiteratur noun (body of all written works)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • litreachas noun (body of all written works)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • knjȉžēvnōst noun (body of all written works)
  • knjȉžēvnōst noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • literatúra noun (body of all written works)
  • literatúra noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • littiratura noun (body of all written works)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • ادب noun (body of all written works)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සාහිත්යය noun (body of all written works)

Slovak

3 entries
  • literatúra noun (body of all written works)
  • písomníctvo noun (body of all written works)
  • slovesnosť noun (body of all written works)

Slovene

2 entries
  • književnost noun (body of all written works)
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Spanish

3 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • literatura noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • literatura noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Swahili

1 entries
  • fasihi noun (body of all written works)

Swedish

3 entries
  • litteratur noun (body of all written works)
  • litteratur noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
  • litteratur noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)
  • panitikan noun (body of all written works)

Tajik

2 entries
  • адаб noun (body of all written works)
  • адабиёт noun (body of all written works)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இலக்கியம் noun (body of all written works)

Tatar

1 entries
  • әдәбият noun (body of all written works)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సాహిత్యం noun (body of all written works)

Thai

4 entries
  • วรรณกรรม noun (body of all written works)
  • วรรณกรรม noun (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
  • วรรณคดี noun (body of all written works)
  • วรรณคดี noun (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)

Turkish

3 entries
  • edebiyat noun (body of all written works)
  • literatür noun (body of all written works)
  • yazın noun (body of all written works)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • edebiýat noun (body of all written works)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • літерату́ра noun (body of all written works)
  • письме́нництво noun (body of all written works)
  • письме́нство noun (body of all written works)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • literatura noun (body of all written works)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اَدَب noun (body of all written works)
  • اَدَبِیات noun (body of all written works)
  • اَدَبِیَّات noun (body of all written works)
  • ساہِتْیَہ noun (body of all written works)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئەدەبىيات noun (body of all written works)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • adabiyot noun (body of all written works)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • văn chương noun (body of all written works)
  • văn học noun (body of all written works)

Volapük

1 entries
  • literat noun (body of all written works)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llên noun (body of all written works)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • literatuer noun (body of all written works)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 文學 /文学 noun (body of all written works)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ליטעראַטור noun (body of all written works)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • vwnzyoz noun (body of all written works)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or a picture or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

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We need some formal instruction in literature.

Source: tatoeba (23484)

The professor is familiar with contemporary literature.

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And they will continue to influence the world through the excitement of their literature, movies and music.

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