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creatura

See also: creatură

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin creatūra.

Noun

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creatura f (plural creatures)

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

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Etymology

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Derived from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

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

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creatura f (plural creature, diminutive creaturina, augmentative creaturóna)

  1. creature
    • 1224, Francis of Assisi, Cantico di Frate Sole‎[1], 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[2], 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

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Further reading

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  • creatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • creatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. A created thing; creature.
  2. Creation

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative creātūra creātūrae
genitive creātūrae creātūrārum
dative creātūrae creātūrīs
accusative creātūram creātūrās
ablative creātūrā creātūrīs
vocative creātūra creātūrae
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Participle

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creātūra

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

Participle

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creātūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of creātūrus

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Derived from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

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Noun

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creatura f (plural creaturas)

  1. creature, living being
  2. a newborn child

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō.

Noun

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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

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Noun

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creatura f (plural creaturas)

  1. Obsolete form of criatura.

Spanish

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Noun

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creatura f (plural creaturas)

  1. (formal) creature
    Synonym: criatura

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