letter

Definitions of letter
  1. noun
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    synonyms: grafeem, letterteken, schrift
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    mindere
    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
    minuskel, onderkast, onderkastletter
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    percentteken, procentteken
    a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100
    obelisk
    a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
    letterteken
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    spatie
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    rune, runenteken, runeteken
    any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
    beeldgrafiek, beeldstatistiek, pictogram
    a graphic character used in picture writing
    beeldteken, ideogram
    a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    corps, inktreservoir, korps, korpsgrootte, lettergrootte, letterkorps
    a specific size and style of type within a type family
    beginletter, initiaal, voorl., voorletter
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    bèta, bêta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta, deltavleugel
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sigma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    hij, tikker
    the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    nonnetje
    the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    opstuiter, stuiter
    the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    logo, logogram
    a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
    klinker
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonant, medeklinker
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
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    karakter, schriftteken
    a written or printed symbol
  2. noun
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    synonyms: letterteken
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    beginletter, initiaal, voorl., voorletter
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    bèta, bêta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta, deltavleugel
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sigma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    hij, tikker
    the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    nonnetje
    the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    opstuiter, stuiter
    the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    klinker
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonant, medeklinker
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    type of:
    grafeem, letterteken, schrift
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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