"lettre" meaning in French

See lettre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 Synonyms: épître
    Sense id: en-lettre-fr-noun-JbLk0dW0 Categories (other): Post Disambiguation of Post: 0 20 80
  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, Post Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 61 Disambiguation of Post: 0 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: allitération, bilitère, littéral, littéraire, trilitère

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à la lettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "après la lettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "au pied de la lettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avant la lettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avec la lettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir des lettres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "boîte aux lettres"
    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "homme de lettres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de cachet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de change"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de château"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de créance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de motivation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de noblesse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre de recommandation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre d’amour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettre d’information"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lettres classiques"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "passer comme une lettre à la poste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rester lettre morte"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    "French terms inherited from Old French",
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      "word": "après la lettre"
    },
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      "word": "au pied de la lettre"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "avec la lettre"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir des lettres"
    },
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      "word": "boîte aux lettres"
    },
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      "word": "femme de lettres"
    },
    {
      "word": "homme de lettres"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de cachet"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de change"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de château"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de créance"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de motivation"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de noblesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de recommandation"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre d’amour"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre d’information"
    },
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      "word": "lettres classiques"
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      "word": "passer comme une lettre à la poste"
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      "word": "rester lettre morte"
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      "word": "trilitère"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛtʁ"
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  ],
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