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lettre

letter

noun LET-ruh Common
Communication Writing

Origin: From Latin littera.

Usage Note

Lettre means both a written letter (correspondence) and a letter of the alphabet. The expression à la lettre or au pied de la lettre means 'to the letter / literally.' In the plural, les lettres also refers to literature or the humanities, as in faculté des lettres ('faculty of arts').

Examples

"Elle écrit une lettre à sa grand-mère."

Natural Translation

She writes a letter to her grandmother.

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