lettre

== English == === Noun === lettre (plural lettres) Obsolete form of letter. === Anagrams === letter, tetrel == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French letre, inherited from Latin littera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɛtʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛtʁ === Noun === lettre f (plural lettres) letter (written character) letter (written message) Synonym: épître (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something Antonym: esprit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: lèt === Further reading === “lettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === lett +‎ -re === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛtrɛ] Hyphenation: lett‧re === Adjective === lettre sublative singular of lett === Noun === lettre sublative singular of lett == Middle English == === Alternative forms === leattre, letter, lettyr === Etymology === From Old French letre; ultimately from Latin littera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛtər/, /ˈlɛtrə/ === Noun === lettre (plural lettres) letter (of the alphabet), character letter (for communication) report, request, or other formal instrument of communication written text, especially that used as a resource wording, literal reading ==== Synonyms ==== (character): bocrune (character): bocstaff (document): writrune ==== Related terms ==== lettres patentes ==== Descendants ==== English: letter ==== References ==== “lettre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018. == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French letre, from Latin littera. === Noun === lettre f (plural lettres) letter (written character) letter (written message) == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French letre, from Latin littera. === Pronunciation === === Noun === lettre f (plural lettres) (Jersey) letter (written character, written message)