altura
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From alt + -ura.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈtu.ɾə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈtu.ɾa]
Rhymes: -uɾa
=== Noun ===
altura f (plural altures)
height (distance from the base of something to the top)
tallness (quality or characteristic of being tall)
Synonym: altesa
==== Related terms ====
alt
altitud
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese altura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from alto (“high”) + -ura.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [alˈtuɾɐ]
=== Noun ===
altura f (plural alturas)
height
highness
hill, height
(navigation) deep sea, open sea
==== Derived terms ====
á altura de (“by, nearby”)
==== Related terms ====
altitude
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “altura”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “altura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “altura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “altura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From alto + -ura.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈtu.ra/
Rhymes: -ura
Hyphenation: al‧tù‧ra
=== Noun ===
altura f (plural alture)
height, high ground
deep sea
high water
==== Related terms ====
altezza
altitudine
alto
=== Anagrams ===
urlata
== Latin ==
=== Participle ===
altūra
inflection of altūrus:
nominative/vocative feminine singular
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
=== Participle ===
altūrā
ablative feminine singular of altūrus
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
artura (eye dialect)
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese altura, from alto + -ura.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uɾɐ
Hyphenation: al‧tu‧ra
=== Noun ===
altura f (plural alturas)
height
Synonym: eminência
altitude
moment, period (in time, usually referring to the past)
Synonyms: instante, momento, época, fase, ponto
loftiness
(in the plural) sky, firmament
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“altura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“altura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From alto (“high”) + -ura.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈtuɾa/ [al̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: al‧tu‧ra
=== Noun ===
altura f (plural alturas)
height
altitude
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== See also ===
elevado
elevación
=== Further reading ===
“altura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish altura.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈtuɾa/ [ʔɐlˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: al‧tu‧ra
Homophone: Altura
=== Noun ===
altura (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)
height; altitude
Synonyms: taas, tayog, altitud
highness; tallness
Synonyms: kataasan, katayugan
top; summit
Synonyms: tuktok, taluktok, tugatog, rurok
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“altura”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“altura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018