Letter Definition
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English
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letters (1) a letter (2)Etymology
Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphtherā). Displaced native Middle English bocstaf, bookstave (“letter, alphabetic symbol”) (from Old English bōcstæf (“alphabetic symbol, written character”)), Middle English bocrune, bocroune (“letter, written character”) (from Old English bōc (“book”) + rūn (“letter, rune”)), Middle English writrune, writroune (“letter, document”) (from Old English writ (“letter, epistle”) + rūn (“letter, rune”)), Old English ǣrendbōc (“letter, message”), Old English ǣrendġewrit (“letter, written message”).
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈlɛt.ə/, SAMPA: /"lEt.@/
- (Australia) IPA: /ˈlet.ə/, SAMPA: /"let.@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈlɛt.ɚ/, SAMPA: /"lEt.@`/
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- Hyphenation: let‧ter
Noun
letter (plural letters)
- A symbol in an alphabet, bookstave.
- There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
- A written message. See also note.
- I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
- Literal meaning.
- "Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules." - [1]
- (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm)
- (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm
- (US, scholastic) Short for varsity letter.
Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
Synonyms
- (written character/alphabetic symbol) bookstave
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun letter
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Related terms
Terms etymologically related to letterVerb
letter (third-person singular simple present letters, present participle lettering, simple past and past participle lettered)
- (transitive) to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
- (intransitive) (US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: alone · body · point · #346: letter · become · became · second
External links
- letter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- letter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Dutch
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Pronunciation
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Noun
letter f. (plural letters or letteren, diminutive lettertje)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
Derived terms
- letteren (literature)
- geletterd (literate)
- letterkunde
- letterlijk
- lettertype n.
- letterwerk n.
- letterwoord n.
- letterzetter m.
- beginletter
- drukletter
- eindletter
- hoofdletter
- kenletter
- tussenletter
- voorletter
Swedish
Noun
letter
- indefinite plural of lett
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Letter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Look up Letter, letter, or letters in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Letter may refer:- Letter (alphabet), a written element of an alphabet that represents a single phoneme
- Letterform, typographic term for alphabetical letter shapes
- Letter (message), a form of written communication; see also mail
- Letters, the collected correspondence of a writer or historically significant person
- Maktubat, the Arabic word for collected letters
- Pauline epistles, addressed by St. Paul to various communities or congregations, such as "Letters to the Galatians" or "Letters to the Corinthians", and part of the canonical books of the Bible
- The letter as a form of second-person literature; see Epistle
- Epistolary novel, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles)
- Letters, another word for literature, as in "arts and letters"
- LETTERS (novel), by John Barth
- Open letter, a public letter as distinguished from private correspondence
- Letter to the editor, a letter sent to a newspaper, magazine, or online publication by one of its readers and meant to be published
- Encyclical letter in the Catholic Church
- Letter (paper size), paper conventionally sized for letter-writing
- Varsity letter, an award given in the U.S. for interscholastic or intercollegiate merit in a sport or other activity such as band or choir.
- Rehearsal letter in an orchestral score
Places
- Letter, Aberdeenshire, is a settlement in North-east Scotland
- Letter, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Letters, Ross-shire, a small village on the coast of Loch Broom, Scotland
- Letter railway station in Germany
Other
- John Letters, a Scottish manufacturer of golf clubs
See also
- Letterer
- Letterman
- Lettering, or calligraphy