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letterari

Letterari is the masculine plural form of the Italian adjective letterario, meaning literary or related to literature. It is used to describe things connected with letters, writing, or literature, and it agrees with masculine plural nouns.

In Italian usage, letterari appears in phrases such as studi letterari (literary studies), generi letterari (literary

Etymology traces letterario to Latin litterarius, from littera meaning letter or written character. The term is

genres),
and
critici
letterari
(literary
critics).
It
can
modify
a
wide
range
of
masculine
plural
nouns,
and
its
feminine
forms
are
letteraria
(singular),
letterarie
(plural).
common
in
academic,
critical,
and
catalog
contexts,
where
it
helps
distinguish
literary
subjects
from
other
fields.
While
not
a
standalone
concept
in
English,
the
Italian
term
appears
frequently
in
discussions
of
literature,
literary
history,
and
theory,
as
well
as
in
titles
and
descriptions
of
courses,
journals,
and
scholarly
works.