literatūra

Noun

 * 1) literature

Usage notes
has the broader meaning of "collection of written works" ("technical literature", "juridical literature", etc.); in the narrower sense of literature as art, i.e. fiction, the word is preferred. As for the term, it refers more properly to the activity of writing itself, i.e. the writer's craft.

Noun

 * 1) literature (body of all written works)