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English

Noun

lettre (plural lettres)

1. Obsolete form of letter.

Anagrams

• letter, tetrel

French

Etymology

From Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

lettre f (plural lettres)

1. letter (written character)
2. letter (written message)

   Synonym: épître

3. (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something

   Antonym: esprit

Derived terms

Related terms

• allitération
• bilitère
• littéral
• trilitère

Further reading

• “lettre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

lett +? -re

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?tr?]
• Hyphenation: lett?re

Adjective

lettre

1. sublative singular of lett

Noun

lettre

1. sublative singular of lett

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leattre, letter, lettyr

Etymology

From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?r/, /?l?tr?/

Noun

lettre (plural lettres)

1. letter (of the alphabet), character
2. letter (for communication)
3. report, request, or other formal instrument of communication
4. written text, especially that used as a resource
5. wording, literal reading

Synonyms

• (character): bocrune
• (character): bocstaff
• (document): writrune

Related terms

• lettres patentes

Descendants

• English: letter

References

• “lettre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Noun

lettre f (plural lettres)

1. letter (written character)
2. letter (written message)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

Noun

lettre f (plural lettres)

1. (Jersey) letter (written character, written message)