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EnglishУреди
PronunciationУреди
- (Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)/
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- (General American) МФА(кључ): /ˈlɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
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- (General Australian) МФА(кључ): /ˈletə(ɹ)/, /-ɾə(ɹ)/
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Etymology 1Уреди
From Средњи Енглески letter, lettre, from Стари Француски letre, from Латински littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”), from Etruscan, from Антички Грчки διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). 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”). Doublet of diphtheria.
NounУреди
letter (plural letters)
- A symbol in an alphabet.
- There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- Bible, Luke xxiii. 38
- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
- A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
- I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
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- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
- (plural) Literature.
- Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
- Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
- (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) Clipping of varsity letter.
- (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
SynonymsУреди
HyponymsУреди
Derived termsУреди
- accountant's letter
- advisory letter
- air letter
- begging letter
- black letter
- capital letter
- chain letter
- comfort letter
- commercial letter of credit
- cover letter
- covering letter
- crank letter
- dead letter office
- Dear John letter
- deficiency letter
- domincal letter
- drop letter
- encyclical letter
- fan letter
- form letter
- four-letter/four-letter word
- French letter
- guarantee letter
- investment letter
- irrevocable letter of credit
- letter blindness
- letter bomb
- letter bond
- letter box
- letter carrier
- letter case
- letter missive
- letter of administration
- letter of attorney
- letter of comfort
- letter of comment
- letter of credence
- letter of credit
- letter of guarantee
- letter of indemnity
- letter of intent
- Letter of Jeremiah
- letter of marque
- letter of motivation
- letter of the law
- letter opener
- letter paper
- letter perfect/letter-perfect
- letter-quality
- letter security
- letter stock
- letter telegram
- letter writer
- letterform
- letterhead
- letterman
- letterure
- love letter
- market letter
- news letter/news-letter/newsletter
- night letter
- no-action letter
- open letter
- night letter
- poison-pen letter
- red letter
- scarlet letter
- sea letter
- small letter
- swash letter
- to the letter
- transmittal letter
- varsity letter
Related termsУреди
TranslationsУреди
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VerbУреди
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).
Etymology 2Уреди
NounУреди
letter (plural letters)
- One who lets, or lets out.
- the letter of a room
- a blood-letter
- (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
Further readingУреди
- letter на Википедији.Википедији
- letter (disambiguation) на Википедији.Википедији
- letter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- letter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
AnagramsУреди
- lettre (alphagram eelrtt)
DutchУреди
EtymologyУреди
From Средњи Холандски lettere, from Стари Француски lettre, from Латински littera.
PronunciationУреди
- МФА(кључ): /ˈlɛ.tər/
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NounУреди
letter f (plural letters, diminutive lettertje n)
Derived termsУреди
Norwegian BokmålУреди
VerbУреди
letter
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SwedishУреди
NounУреди
letter
- indefinite plural of lett