"lettre" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lettres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lettre (plural lettres)
  1. Obsolete form of letter. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: letter
    Sense id: en-lettre-en-noun-~0gblwTk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [French]

IPA: /lɛtʁ/ Audio: Fr-lettre.ogg Forms: lettres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|letre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French letre, {{inh+|fr|fro|letre}} Inherited from Old French letre, {{inh|fr|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lettre f (plural lettres)
  1. letter (written character) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lettre-fr-noun-NhcpUfS~
  2. letter (written message) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: épître
    Sense id: en-lettre-fr-noun-JbLk0dW0 Disambiguation of Post: 11 70 20
  3. (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lettre-fr-noun-6sUqGDbb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 24 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: allitération, bilitère, littéral, trilitère

Adjective [Hungarian]

IPA: [ˈlɛtrɛ]
Etymology: lett + -re Etymology templates: {{affix|hu|lett|-re|id1=Latvian|nocat=y}} lett + -re Head templates: {{head|hu|adjective form}} lettre
  1. sublative singular of lett Tags: form-of, singular, sublative Form of: lett
    Sense id: en-lettre-hu-adj-d4hp9oTZ Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Hungarian]

IPA: [ˈlɛtrɛ]
Etymology: lett + -re Etymology templates: {{affix|hu|lett|-re|id1=Latvian|nocat=y}} lett + -re Head templates: {{head|hu|noun form}} lettre
  1. sublative singular of lett Tags: form-of, singular, sublative Form of: lett
    Sense id: en-lettre-hu-noun-d4hp9oTZ Categories (other): Hungarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hungarian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈlɛtər/, /ˈlɛtrə/ Forms: lettres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|letre}} Old French letre, {{der|enm|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} lettre, {{enm-noun}} lettre (plural lettres)
  1. letter (of the alphabet), character
    Sense id: en-lettre-enm-noun-j8VxwiPd
  2. letter (for communication)
    Sense id: en-lettre-enm-noun--x3GJDYT
  3. report, request, or other formal instrument of communication
    Sense id: en-lettre-enm-noun-BkidNC2t
  4. written text, especially that used as a resource
    Sense id: en-lettre-enm-noun-2IfHTVyS
  5. wording, literal reading
    Sense id: en-lettre-enm-noun-aOZ82VS1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 27 17 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bocrune [character], bocstaff [character], leattre, letter, lettyr Synonyms (document): writrune Related terms: lettres patentes
Disambiguation of 'document': 0 4 37 22 38

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: lettres [plural]
Etymology: Old French letre, from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{der|frm|fro|letre}} Old French letre, {{der|frm|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|lettres||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} lettre f (plural lettres), {{frm-noun|f}} lettre f (plural lettres)
  1. letter (written character) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lettre-frm-noun-NhcpUfS~ Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. letter (written message) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lettre-frm-noun-JbLk0dW0 Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Noun [Norman]

Audio: Jer-lettre.ogg [Jersey] Forms: lettres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French letre, from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{der|nrf|fro|letre}} Old French letre, {{der|nrf|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{head|nrf|noun|||plural|lettres||||||{{{3}}}|f2accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} lettre f (plural lettres), {{nrf-noun|f}} lettre f (plural lettres)
  1. (Jersey) letter (written character, written message) Tags: Jersey, feminine
    Sense id: en-lettre-nrm-noun-2yXZ7XP1 Categories (other): Jersey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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