creatura

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin creatūra. === Noun === creatura f (plural creatures) creature (a living being, especially an animal) Synonym: criatura ==== Related terms ==== crear criatura === Further reading === “creatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “creatura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Etymology === Derived from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kre.aˈtu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tù‧ra === Noun === creatura f (plural creature, diminutive creaturina, augmentative creaturóna) creature (regional) an infant or small child (figurative) protege ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === creatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary creatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === carature == Latin == === Etymology === Substantivization of the feminine future participle form of creō (“to create, make”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kre.aːˈtuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kre.aˈtuː.ra] === Noun === creātūra f (genitive creātūrae); first declension (Late Latin) A created thing; creature. Creation ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Participle === creātūra inflection of creātūrus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Participle === creātūrā ablative feminine singular of creātūrus === References === “creatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "creatura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “creatura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Derived from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɾe.a.ˈtu.ɾa/ === Noun === creatura f (plural creaturas) creature, living being a newborn child ==== Descendants ==== Galician: criatura Portuguese: criatura == Old Occitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin creātūra, from Latin creō. === Noun === creatura f (oblique plural creaturas, nominative singular creatura, nominative plural creaturas) creature (chiefly a non-human animal or being) c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela: == Portuguese == === Noun === creatura f (plural creaturas) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of criatura ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling coexisted with criatura. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɾeaˈtuɾa/ [kɾe.aˈt̪u.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: cre‧a‧tu‧ra === Noun === creatura f (plural creaturas) (higher register) creature Synonym: criatura === Further reading === “creatura”, 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