lettre

Noun

lettre (plural lettres)

1. Obsolete form of letter.

Anagrams

• letter

Etymology

From Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛtʁ/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

lett +‎ -re

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtrɛ]
• Hyphenation: lett‧re

Adjective

lettre

1. sublative singular of lett

Noun

lettre

1. sublative singular of lett

Alternative forms

• leattre, letter, lettyr

Etymology

From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛtər/, /ˈlɛtrə/

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

Etymology

Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Noun

lettre f (plural lettres)

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

Etymology

From Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Noun

lettre f (plural lettres)

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