lette

See also: Lette, letté, and leťte

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛt/

Noun

lette f (plural lettes)

1. (Troyen) letter

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛtə/, [ˈlɛd̥ə]

Etymology 1

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Noun

lette c (singular definite letten, plural indefinite letter)

1. Lett, Latvian (a person from Latvia or of Latvian descent)

Inflection

Declension of lette

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lette	letten	letter	letterne
genitive	lettes	lettens	letters	letternes

Related terms

• Letland ("Latvia")
• lettisk (adjective) ("Latvian")

Etymology 2

From let (“light”) +‎ -e. Cognate with Middle Low German lichten.

Verb

lette (imperative let, infinitive at lette, present tense letter, past tense lettede, perfect tense er/har lettet)

1. lighten
2. relieve
3. facilitate
4. ease
5. lift
6. take off

Derived terms

• lettelse ("relief")
• lettet ("relieved")

Etymology 3

See let (“light, easy, mild, slight”).

Adjective

lette

1. inflection of let:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

lette

1. inflection of letten:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

Anagrams

• teelt

French

Etymology

Corruption of laide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt/

• Audio (Canada):

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Adjective

lette (plural lettes)

1. (Canada, slang) ugly

   Je te défends de dire que tu es lette. ― I forbid you to say that you're ugly.

Further reading

• “lette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛtte
• Hyphenation: lèt‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

lette f

1. plural of letta

Etymology 2

Participle

lette f pl

1. feminine plural of letto

Anagrams

• tetel

Middle Dutch

Verb

lette

1. inflection of letten:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

lette

1. definite singular of lett
2. plural of lett

Etymology 2

From Old Norse létta.

Verb

lette (imperative lett, present tense letter, passive lettes, simple past and past participle letta or lettet, present participle lettende)

1. to ease, relieve, lessen, lighten
2. to take off (of a plane, bird)

Derived terms

• lettelse

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• leita, leitet, leitte (of leite)

Verb

lette

1. simple past of leite
2. simple past of lete

References

• “lette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

lette

1. definite singular of lett
2. plural of lett

Old English

Verb

lette

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lettan

Tarantino

Noun

lette

1. bed