ligatura
Portuguese, noun/li.ɡaˈtu.ɾɐ/
ligatura is spelled L-I-G-A-T-U-R-A (8 letters). Ligatura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ligature (character that combines multiple letters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nas artes gráficas, caractere que junta duas ou mais letras num único sinal gráfico”.
What does ligatura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineligature (character that combines multiple letters)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nas artes gráficas, caractere que junta duas ou mais letras num único sinal gráfico:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ligatura
- ligaturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ligatura?
- Brazil /li.ɡaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /li.ɡɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal [li.ɣɐˈtu.ɾɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ligatura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.