"letteral" meaning in All languages combined

See letteral on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: letter + -al. The Lojban sense was coined by James Cooke Brown by analogy with numeral. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|letter|al}} letter + -al, {{m|en|numeral}} numeral Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} letteral (not comparable)
  1. (historical) Referring to a type of musical notation used by Shakers, based on letters instead of notes. Tags: historical, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-letteral-en-adj-O8e7ETB3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 3 9 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 69 8 9 15
  2. (rare) Regarding letters of the alphabet. Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-letteral-en-adj-p1XEK4Ki

Noun [English]

Forms: letterals [plural]
Etymology: letter + -al. The Lojban sense was coined by James Cooke Brown by analogy with numeral. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|letter|al}} letter + -al, {{m|en|numeral}} numeral Head templates: {{en-noun}} letteral (plural letterals)
  1. (printing) Obsolete form of literal (“a misprint that affects a letter”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: literal (extra: a misprint that affects a letter) Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-letteral-en-noun-QQNse7vW Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. (Lojban) The name of a letter, such as gy. for the letter G. Tags: Lojban
    Sense id: en-letteral-en-noun-GtVphyzQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: literal

Inflected forms

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