lettere

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet.te.re/, (traditional) /ˈlɛt.te.re/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ettere, (traditional) -ɛttere
• Hyphenation: lét‧te‧re, (traditional) lèt‧te‧re

lettere f

1. plural of lettera

lettere f pl (plural only)

1. anthology of letters

   Synonym: epistolario

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

Borrowed from Old French letre, from Latin littera.

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)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 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

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

lettere

1. comparative degree of lett