Noun: figura
| Singular | figura |
| Plural | figurae |
Sample Sentences
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Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.
Nouns inflected like figura
rimoportula,
setula,
semita,
scapha,
sicula,
bistropha,
apertura,
hemidrachma,
zoochlorella,
pseudonavicella,
chartula,
reticula,
fasciola,
pterygomaxillary fossa,
glenoid fossa,
rhamphotheca,
subucula,
synusia,
filopluma,
gonotheca, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev. See: Latin Nouns '
figūra'.