homme de lettres

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).

Noun

homme de lettres (plural hommes de lettres)

1. man of letters, a literary man

Usage notes

This is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English and is sometimes italicized.

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔm də lɛtʁ/

Noun

homme de lettres m (plural hommes de lettres or gens de lettres, feminine femme de lettres)

1. homme de lettres, man of letters

See also

• homme de loi