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Etymology
ME. < OF. term|lettre < L. term|littera|lang=la||letter of the alphabet; epistle < Etruscan.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�l�t.�/, SAMPA|/"lEt.@/
a|AusE? IPA|/�let.�/, SAMPA|/"let.@/
a|GenAm? IPA|/�l�t.�/, SAMPA|/"lEt.@`/

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rhymes|�t�(r)
Hyphenation: let·ter

Noun
en-noun
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1. A symbol in an alphabet.
2. A written message. See also note.
3. US|uncountable A size of paper, 8½ inch|in � 11 in (215.9 millimetre|mm � 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm)
4. Canada|uncountable A size of paper, 215 mm � 280 mm

Derived terms
Dear John letter
French letter
letter of comfort
letterman

Related terms
epistle
literal
missive

Translations
trans-top|letter of the alphabet
Arabic: ARchar|حر�|ح�ر�� (ħarf) m, ARchar|حر��|ح�ر��� IPAchar|(ħurú�f) p
Bulgarian: t+|bg|б�ква|f|trbúkva|scCyrl
Catalan: lletra f :ca:lletra|^, caràcter
Croatian: slovo#Croatian|slovo n :hr:slovo|^
Chinese: �� (zìm�)
Czech: t+|cs|písmeno|n
Danish: bogstav n|c
Dutch: t+|nl|letter|f, t-|nl|karakter|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|litero|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: t+|fo|bókstavur|m|xsFaroese, t-|fo|stavur|m|xsFaroese
Finnish: t+|fi|kirjain, t+|fi|aakkonen
French: t+|fr|lettre|f, t+|fr|caractère|m
Estonian: täht, kirjatäht, aabe, pookstav
German: t+|de|Buchstabe|m
Greek: γ�άμμα IPAchar|[�ɣrama] n
Hungarian: t+|hu|betű
Icelandic: t+|is|bókstafur|m, t+|is|stafur|m
Indonesian: t+|id|huruf|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t-|ga|litir|f|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|lettera|f, t+|it|carattere|m
Japanese: t+|ja|��|trmóji|scJpan
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Korean: t+|ko|문�|trmunja|scHang
Kurdish: t+|ku|پ�ت|sc=KUchar
Latin: t+|la|littera
Latvian: t-|lv|burts|m|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t+|lt|raid�|f|xs=Lithuanian
Lojban: lerfu
Lower Sorbian: [[pismik] m
Marathi: ���शर (akshar)
Nepali: (akshyar)
Polish: t-|pl|litera|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|letra|f, t-|pt|caractér|m
Romanian: t-|ro|liter�|f, t-|ro|caracter|n
Russian: t+|ru|б�ква|f|trbúkva|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: litir f
Serbian: slovo n, bukva f (archaic)/(poetic)
Slovak: t-|sk|písmeno|n
Slovene: t+|sl|�rka|f
Spanish: t+|es|letra|f, t+|es|carácter|m
Swahili: t-|sw|herufi|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|bokstav
Tamil: �ழ�த�த� (ezhuttu)
Telugu: ���షర� (aksharaM)
Ukrainian: t-|uk|б�ква|f|trbúkva|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
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trans-top|written message
Albanian: letër
Arabic: ARchar|رسا�ة|ر�س�ا��ة IPAchar|(risá�la) f
Armenian: t-|hy|Õ¶Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Õ¯|scHayeren|xsArmenian
Basque: eskutitz
Bulgarian: t+|bg|пи�мо|n|trpismó|scCyrl
Catalan: carta f
Chinese: 信 (xìn), �件 (hán jiàn)
Croatian: pismo#Croatian|pismo n :hr:pismo|^
Czech: t+|cs|dopis|m
Danish: t+|da|brev|n
Dutch: t+|nl|brief|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|letero|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: t-|fo|bræv|n|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|kirje
French: t+|fr|lettre|f
Estonian: t-|et|kiri
German: t+|de|Brief|m
Greek: ε�ι��ολή IPAchar|[e��pisto��li] f, γ�άμμα IPAchar|[�ɣrama] n
Hindi: t-|hi|पत�र|m|scDeva|xsHindi, t-|hi|�ि����|f|scDeva|xsHindi
Hungarian: t+|hu|levél
Icelandic: t+|is|bréf|n, t-|is|sendibréf|n
Indonesian: t+|id|surat|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t-|ga|litir|f|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|lettera|f
Japanese: �� (���, tegamí)
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Korean: t-|ko|��|trpyeonji|scHang
Kurdish: t+|ku|�ا���|sc=KUchar
Latin: t-|la|epistula|f
Latvian: v�stule f
Lithuanian: t+|lt|laiškas|m|xs=Lithuanian
Lojban: xatra
Norwegian: t-|no|brev
Marathi: पत�र (patra)
Nepali: पत�र (patra)
Polish: t+|pl|list|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|carta|f
Romanian: t-|ro|scrisoare|f
Russian: пи��мо (pis�mó) n
Scottish Gaelic: litir f
Serbian: t+|sr|пи�мо|n|trpismo|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|list|m
Slovene: t+|sl|pismo|n
Spanish: t+|es|carta|f
Swahili: t-|sw|barua|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|brev
Tamil: t|ta|���தா�ி|xs=Tamil (kakitham)
Telugu: �త�తరమ� (uttaramu), �ాబ� (jaabu)
Tetum: karta, surat
Turkish: t-|tr|mektup
Ukrainian: t-|uk|ли��|m|trlist|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
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Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Etruscan derivations
Category:Orthography

Dutch
wikipedia|lang=nl

Noun
nl-noun|gf|pl1letteren|pl2letters|dimlettertje

1. letter#English|letter

Derived terms
letterkunde
letterlijk

Swedish

Noun
letter

1. sv-noun-form-indef-pl|lett

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