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lettre

Definitions of lettre
  1. noun
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
    synonyms: missive
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    types:
    lettre d'affaires
    a letter dealing with business
    lettre personnelle
    a letter dealing with personal affairs
    épître
    a specially long, formal letter
    lettre d'amour
    a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
    type of:
    texte
    the words of something written
  2. noun
    a short personal letter
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    type of:
    lettre personnelle
    a letter dealing with personal affairs
  3. noun
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
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    types:
    initiale
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    z
    the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
    alpha
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    bêta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    epsilon
    the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    zêta
    the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
    êta
    the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
    thêta
    the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
    iota
    the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
    kappa
    the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
    lambda
    the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
    mu
    the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
    nu
    the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
    xi
    the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
    omicron
    the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    rho
    the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sgma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    tau
    the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
    upsilon
    the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
    phi
    the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
    chi
    the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    psi
    the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    oméga
    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
    aleph
    the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    beth
    the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    gimel
    the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    daleth
    the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    he
    the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    waw
    the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    zayin
    the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    heth
    the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    teth
    the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    yodh
    the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    kaph
    the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    lamedh
    the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    mem
    the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    nun
    the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    samekh
    the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    ayin
    the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    pe
    the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    sadhe
    the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    qoph
    the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    resh
    the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    sin
    the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    shin
    the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    taw
    the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    lettre polyphonique
    a letter that has two or more pronunciations
    caractère d'imprimerie
    a plain hand-drawn letter
    voyelle
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonne
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    type of:
    caractère
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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