letter of recommendation

English

Noun

letter of recommendation (plural letters of recommendation)

1. A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

   Synonym: LOR

Related terms

• letter of reference

Translations

evaluation letter

• Armenian: երաշխավորագիր (hy) (erašxavoragir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推薦信／推荐信 (zh) (tuījiànxìn)

• Dutch: aanbevelingsbrief (nl) m
• Finnish: suositus (fi), suosituskirje
• French: lettre de recommandation (fr) f
• German: Empfehlungsschreiben (de) n
• Greek: συστατική επιστολή (el) f (systatikí epistolí)

  Ancient: δίπλωμα n (díplōma)

• Hawaiian: palapala ʻāpono, palapala kākoʻo
• Hungarian: ajánlólevél (hu)
• Icelandic: meðmæli n pl
• Japanese: 推薦状 (すいせんじょう, suisenjou)
• Korean: 추천장(推薦狀) (chucheonjang), 추천서(推薦書) (chucheonseo)
• Latin: diploma n, probatoria f
• Polish: referencje (pl) f pl
• Russian: рекоменда́ция (ru) f (rekomendácija), рекоменда́тельное письмо́ n (rekomendátelʹnoje pisʹmó)
• Swahili: barua ya mapendekezo
• Swedish: rekommendationsbrev n

See also

• cover letter