"lettre" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

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): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 7 7 15 9 10 3 3 9 7 15 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 15 9 10 3 3 9 7 15 7 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 25 15 53
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

Inflected forms

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