lettre
See also: lettré
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]lettre (plural lettres)
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lettre f (plural lettres)
- letter (written character)
- letter (written message)
- Synonym: épître
- (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something
- Antonym: esprit
Derived terms
[edit]- à la lettre
- après la lettre
- au pied de la lettre
- avant la lettre
- avec la lettre
- avoir des lettres
- boîte aux lettres
- femme de lettres
- homme de lettres
- lettre de cachet
- lettre de change
- lettre de château
- lettre de créance
- lettre de motivation
- lettre de noblesse
- lettre de recommandation
- lettre d’amour
- lettre d’information
- lettres classiques
- passer comme une lettre à la poste
- rester lettre morte
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lettre
Noun
[edit]lettre
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lettre (plural lettres)
- letter (of the alphabet), character
- letter (for communication)
- report, request, or other formal instrument of communication
- written text, especially that used as a resource
- wording, literal reading
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: letter
References
[edit]- “lettre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old French letre, from Latin littera.
Noun
[edit]lettre f (plural lettres)
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French letre, from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lettre f (plural lettres)
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- Rhymes:French/ɛtʁ
- Rhymes:French/ɛtʁ/2 syllables
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