figura
fig·u·ra/fɪˈɡjʊɹə/noun
figura is a noun meaning “Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A and has 3 syllables (fig·u·ra), and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of figura is figurae.
What does figura mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
Letters of the alphabet are the figurae that make up a written word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce figura?
- /fɪˈɡjʊɹə/
Figura has 3 syllables, split fig·u·ra in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-figura.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of figura
- figurae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is figura?
Figura appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does figura come from?
From Latin figūra. Coined by Louis Hjelmslev.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).