letra

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See also: létra and Letras

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish letra and French lettre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /letra/ [le.t̪ra]
  • Rhymes: -etra
  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

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letra inan

  1. letter of the alphabet
    Synonym: izki
  2. handwriting
    Synonym: idazkera
  3. (Northern) letter (written message)
    Synonyms: gutun, eskutitz
  4. (banking) Short for kanbio-letra (bill of exchange).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • letra”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • letra”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish letra (letter of the alphabet), from Latin littera.

Noun

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letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Spanish letra, from Latin littera.

Noun

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letra

  1. A letter of the alphabet.

References

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  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1961) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 182

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (letter), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, tablet).

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter of the alphabet

Further reading

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog letra.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈletɾa/ [ˈlet̚.ɾʌ]
  • Rhymes: -etɾa
  • Syllabification: let‧ra

Noun

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letra

  1. letter of the alphabet

References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (letter), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, tablet).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: le‧tra

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
  2. calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting
    Synonyms: caligrafia, escrita
  3. (informal) font
    Synonym: fonte
  4. (music) lyrics (words of a song)
  5. (soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin littera (letter), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, tablet).

Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. (Sutsilvan) letter (of the alphabet)

Synonyms

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bustab
  • (Puter, Vallader) custab

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin littera (letter), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, tablet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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letra f (plural letras)

  1. letter (symbol)
    Hypernym: carácter
  2. handwriting
  3. lyrics

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chavacano: letra
  • Classical Nahuatl: letra
  • Tagalog: letra

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish letra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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letra (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: titik
  2. penmanship; style of handwriting
    Synonym: sulat-kamay
  3. letter type
    Synonym: tipo
  4. lyrics (of a song)
    Synonym: titik
  5. style by which letters were made by hands
    Synonyms: pagkakaletra, pagkakapagletra
  6. literature
    Synonyms: panitikan, literatura

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