letton
See also: Letton
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
letton m (uncountable)
- Latvian, the Latvian language
- Certaines reconstructions ont montré que le letton et le lituanien sont les langues encore parlées qui se rapprochent le plus de l’indo-européen.
- Certain reconstructions have shown that Latvian and Lithuanian are the languages still spoken which approach closest to Indo-European.
Adjective edit
letton (feminine lettonne, masculine plural lettons, feminine plural lettonnes)
Usage notes edit
- There is a less common feminine singular form lettone, which is recommended by some dictionaries (e.g. Larousse) by analogy with Lettonie.
Derived terms edit
- → Portuguese: letão
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “letton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.