lettre
See also: lettré
English
Noun
lettre (plural lettres)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
lettre f (plural lettres)
- letter (written character)
- letter (written message)
- Synonym: épître
- (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something
- Antonym: esprit
Related terms
Further reading
- “lettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
lettre
Noun
lettre
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Descendants
- English: letter
References
- “lettre (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Middle French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French letre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin littera.
Noun
lettre f (plural lettres)
Norman
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French letre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin littera.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
lettre f (plural lettres)
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