lettere

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet.te.re/, (traditional) /ˈlɛt.te.re/
• Rhymes: -ettere, (traditional) -ɛttere
• Hyphenation: lét‧te‧re, (traditional) lèt‧te‧re

Noun

lettere f

1. plural of lettera

Noun

lettere f pl (plural only)

1. anthology of letters

   Synonym: epistolario

2. letters, literature
3. (archaic) culture, teachings

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Noun

lettere f

1. letter (of the alphabet)
2. literal meaning
3. (sometimes plural only) letter (written note)
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

4. Bible
5. sources (collective)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: letter
  • Afrikaans: letter
  • Negerhollands: letter
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lèter
  • → Indonesian: leter
  • → Japanese: レッテル (retteru)
  • → Papiamentu: lèter, lèterchi, letter
  • → Saramaccan: letè
• Limburgish: lètter

Further reading

• “lettere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lettere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lettere

1. comparative degree of lett