"letterhead" meaning in English

See letterhead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: letterheads [plural]
Etymology: From letter + head. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|letter|head}} letter + head Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} letterhead (countable and uncountable, plural letterheads)
  1. A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Post
    Sense id: en-letterhead-en-noun-KFkrLlYp Disambiguation of Post: 81 19
  2. Paper marked with a letterhead. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): բլանկ (blank) (Armenian), briefhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), yläotsake (Finnish), en-tète [masculine] (French), Briefkopf [masculine] (German), levélfejléc (Hungarian), levélpapírfejléc (Hungarian), fejléc (Hungarian), cégjelzés (Hungarian), intestazione [feminine] (Italian), kepala surat (Malay), antet [neuter] (Romanian), фи́рменный бланк (fírmennyj blank) [masculine] (Russian), за́гла̄вље пи́сма [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), memorandum [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), záglāvlje písma [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), membrete [masculine] (Spanish), brevhuvud [neuter] (Swedish), ulunliham (Tagalog), membrete (Tagalog), antet (Turkish), başlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-letterhead-en-noun-hEeyctIX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: masthead

Inflected forms

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