LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

architectūra

architectūra f (genitive architectūrae)
Classical[ar.kʰɪ.tɛkˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ar.ki.tekˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. architecture

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearchitectūraarchitectūrae
genitivearchitectūraearchitectūrārum
dativearchitectūraearchitectūrīs
accusativearchitectūramarchitectūrās
ablativearchitectūrāarchitectūrīs
vocativearchitectūraarchitectūrae

archĭtectūra, ae, f. id.,
I. the art of building, architecture, = ἀρχιτεκτονία.
I. Lit., * Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151; Vitr. 1, 1; 1, 3.—
II. Trop., of historical representation: Specus ipsa quā concameratur architecturā! Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.

Origins

From architectus (“architect, designer”) + -tūra, the former of which is a remodeling of Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn) under influence of tegō. The "Latinization" of the second component facilitated the suffixion of -tūra, overriding the originally stem-immanent t.

Descendants
  • Catalanarquitectura
  • Englisharchitecture
  • Frencharchitecture
  • GermanArchitektur
  • Italianarchitettura
  • Occitanarquitectura
  • Portuguesearquitetura
  • Romanianarhitectură
  • Spanisharquitectura
  • Asturianarquiteutura

In English words that came into English from architectūra

  • architecturearchitectūra

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesArchitecturaArchitectura (ἀρχιτεκτονία, ἀρχιτεκτονική), in its widest sense, signifies all that we understand by architecture, and by civil and military engineeri…

Quick answers

What does architectūra mean in Latin?
architectūra, a noun, means “architecture”.
What is the genitive of architectūra?
The genitive singular is architectūrae. architectūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce architectūra?
In classical Latin, [ar.kʰɪ.tɛkˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.ki.tekˈtuː.ra].