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Енглески

Pronunciation

Cursive script letters (sense 1) of the English alphabet, together with some punctuation marks and numbers
A letter (sense 2) written in the early 19th century

Etymology 1

From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Латински littera (letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle), from Etruscan, from Антички Грчки διφθέρᾱ (διφθέρᾱ, tablet). Displaced native Old English bōcstæf (bōcstæf, literally book staff) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (ǣrendġewrit, literally message writing) in sense 2. Дублети of diphtheria.

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Noun

letter (transliteration needed)

  1. A symbol in an alphabet.
    There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
    • Шаблон:RQ:KJV
      And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
  2. 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:
      The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
      He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
    • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
      An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  3. 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:
      We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
    • Шаблон:RQ:Tennyson Princess
    • 2009 фебруар 23, “Euro MP expenses 'can reach £1m'”, in BBC[2]:
      Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
  4. (plural) Literature.
    Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
  5. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
    Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
  6. (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).
  7. (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
  8. (US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.
  9. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
    • 1644 фебруар 8, John Evelyn, Diary:
      Under these buildings [] was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
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Verb

letter (transliteration needed)

  1. (transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  2. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
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Etymology 2

From Middle English letere, equivalent to Африканс.

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Noun

letter (transliteration needed)

  1. One who lets, or lets out.
    the letter of a room
    a blood-letter
  2. (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
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Afrikaans

Африкански Википедија има an article на:
Википедија af

Etymology

From Холандски letter, from Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Латински littera.

Pronunciation

Noun

Шаблон:af-noun

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

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Dutch

Холандски Википедија има an article на:
Википедија nl

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Латински littera.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
  2. (obsolete) letter (written message)

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Descendants

  • Африкански: letter
  • Negerhollands: letter
  • Caribbean Javanese: lèter
  • Indonesian: leter
  • Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 1018: attempt to index a nil value.
  • Papiamentu: lèter, lèterchi, letter
  • Saramaccan: letè

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

Шаблон:nb-verb-form

  1. present tense of lette

Etymology 2

Noun

Шаблон:nb-noun-form

  1. неодређеног вида множине of lett Шаблон:nb-fcon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Шаблон:nn-noun-form

  1. неодређеног вида множине of lett Шаблон:nn-fcon

Swedish

Noun

letter (transliteration needed)

  1. indefinite plural of lett