lettera

Definitions of lettera
  1. noun
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    synonyms: carattere, carattere alfabetico
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    maiuscolo
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
    cassa, minuscola, minuscolo
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    stelletta
    a star-shaped character * used in printing
    carattere, carattere alfabetico
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    blank, spazio
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    ideogramma
    a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    maiuscoletto
    a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
    digramma
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    maiuscola, stampatello
    a plain hand-drawn letter
  2. noun
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    synonyms: carattere, carattere alfabetico
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    digramma
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    maiuscola, stampatello
    a plain hand-drawn letter
    type of:
    carattere, carattere alfabetico
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
  3. noun
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
    synonyms: epistola, missiva
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    types:
    aerogramma
    a letter sent by air mail
    invito
    a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
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    documento, testimone, testimonianza
    anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
    testo
    the words of something written
  4. noun
    the humanistic study of a body of literature
    synonyms: letteratura
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