letter
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (General American) MFA(ključ): /ˈlɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
Audio (GA) (file)
- (General Australian) MFA(ključ): /ˈletə(ɹ)/, /-ɾə(ɹ)/
- Rime: -ɛtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: let‧ter
Etymology 1
From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latinski littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”), from Etruscan, from Antički Grčki διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Displaced native Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2. Dubleti of diphtheria.
Alternative forms
- lettre (obsolete)
Noun
letter (plural letters)
- A symbol in an alphabet.
- There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- Šablon:RQ:KJV
- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
- A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
- I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
- 1692, William Walsh, “Preface”, in Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant:
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- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
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- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
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- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living:
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- Šablon:RQ:Tennyson Princess
- 2009 februar 23, “Euro MP expenses 'can reach £1m'”, in BBC[2]:
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- (plural) Literature.
- Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
- Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
- (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
- (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
- (US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.
- (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
- 1644 februar 8, John Evelyn, Diary:
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Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- accountant's letter
- advisory letter
- air letter
- begging letter
- black letter
- capital letter
- chain letter
- comfort letter
- commercial letter of credit
- covering letter
- cover letter
- crank letter
- dead letter office
- Dear John letter
- deficiency letter
- domincal letter
- drop letter
- encyclical letter
- fan letter
- form letter
- four-letter
- four-letter word
- French letter
- green-ink letter
- guarantee letter
- investment letter
- irrevocable letter of credit
- letter blindness
- letter bomb
- letter bond
- letter box
- letter carrier
- letter case
- letterform
- letterhead
- letterman
- letter missive
- letter of administration
- letter of attorney
- letter of comfort
- letter of comment
- letter of credence
- letter of credit
- letter of guarantee
- letter of indemnity
- letter of intent
- Letter of Jeremiah
- letter of marque
- letter of motivation
- letter of the law
- letter of wishes
- letter opener
- letter paper
- letter perfect, letter-perfect
- letter-quality
- letter security
- letter stock
- letter telegram
- letterure
- letter writer
- love letter
- market letter
- news letter, news-letter, newsletter
- night letter
- night letter
- no-action letter
- open letter
- poison-pen letter
- red letter
- scarlet letter
- sea letter
- small letter
- swash letter
- to the letter
- transmittal letter
- varsity letter
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to letter
Translations
a symbol in an alphabet
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written message
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Verb
letter
- (transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
- (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
Translations
To print, inscribe, or paint letters
Etymology 2
From Middle English letere, equivalent to Afrikans.
Alternative forms
Noun
letter (plural letters)
- One who lets, or lets out.
- the letter of a room
- a blood-letter
- (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
Derived terms
Translations
One who lets
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Further reading
- letter na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
- letter (disambiguation) na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
- letter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- letter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Holandski letter, from Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Latinski littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Latinski littera.
Pronunciation
Noun
letter f (plural letters, diminutive lettertje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikanski: letter
- Negerhollands: letter
- → Caribbean Javanese: lèter
- → Indonesian: leter
- → Japanski: レッテル (retteru)
- → Papiamentu: lèter, lèterchi, letter
- → Saramaccan: letè
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Verb
- present tense of lette
Etymology 2
Noun
- neodređenog vida množine of lett Šablon:nb-fcon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
- neodređenog vida množine of lett Šablon:nn-fcon
Swedish
Noun
letter
- indefinite plural of lett
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