lettera
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈlet.te.ra/, (traditional) /ˈlɛt.te.ra/[1]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ettera, (traditional) -ɛttera
- Hyphenation: lét‧te‧ra, (traditional) lèt‧te‧ra
Noun edit
lettera f (plural lettere)
- letter (symbol in an alphabet)
- (nonstandard) Synonym of fonema (“phoneme”)
- (by extension) footnote
- (figurative, archaic) a written text
- (figurative, linguistics) reading
- (figurative) letter (literal meaning of something)
- Antonym: spirito
- letter (written or printed communication)
- (in the plural) an anthology of letters
- Synonym: epistolario
- (in the plural) an anthology of letters
- (in the plural) letters, literature
- (in the plural, archaic) culture, teachings
- (obsolete) the Latin language
- (finance) the offer of shares or goods made by a seller
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ lettera in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- lettera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana