letre

See also: létre and létre-

Middle French

Alternative forms

• lettre

Etymology

Latin littera

Noun

letre f (plural letres)

1. letter (written message)

Old French

Etymology

Latin littera

Noun

letre oblique singular, f (oblique plural letres, nominative singular letre, nominative plural letres)

1. letter (written character)

Descendants

• French: lettre
• → Middle English: lettre, leattre, letter, lettyr
  • English: letter
• → Middle Dutch: lettere
  • 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