lettere

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlet.te.re/, (traditional) /ˈlɛt.te.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ettere, (traditional) -ɛttere
  • Hyphenation: lét‧te‧re, (traditional) lèt‧te‧re

Noun

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lettere f

  1. plural of lettera

Noun

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lettere f pl (plural only)

  1. anthology of letters
    Synonym: epistolario
  2. letters, literature
  3. (archaic) culture, teachings

References

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  1. ^ lettera in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Noun

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lettere f

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
  2. literal meaning
  3. (sometimes plural only) letter (written note)
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.
  4. Bible
  5. sources (collective)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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lettere

  1. comparative degree of lett