lettere
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- letter (of the alphabet)
- literal meaning
- (sometimes) letter (written note)
- Bible
- sources (collective)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French letre derived from Latin littera (letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural).
Origin
Latin
littera
Gloss
letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- literation English
- littera Latin
- litteralis Latin
- litteratim Latin
- litterator Latin
- lettera Italian
- beginletter Dutch, Flemish
- chocoladeletter Dutch, Flemish
- elfletterig Dutch, Flemish
- fopletter Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdletter Dutch, Flemish
- klinkletter Dutch, Flemish
- koeienletter Dutch, Flemish
- letter Dutch, Flemish
- letterbak Dutch, Flemish
- lettergreep Dutch, Flemish
- letterkeer Dutch, Flemish
- letterkunde Dutch, Flemish
- letterlijk Dutch, Flemish
- lettervrucht Dutch, Flemish
- letterwoord Dutch, Flemish
- plaagletter Dutch, Flemish
- roepletters Dutch, Flemish
- tussenletter Dutch, Flemish
- voorletter Dutch, Flemish
- lettre French
- литера Russian
- letra Spanish, Castilian
- διφθέρα Ancient Greek
- διφθέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- transliterar Portuguese
- レッテル Japanese
- litera Polish
- letter Middle English
- lettre Middle English
- letre Old French
- lettre Old French
- litero Esperanto
- lletra Catalan, Valencian
- leter Indonesian
- llythyr Welsh
- litera Latvian
- liter Old Irish
- letter Afrikaans
- letra Old Portuguese
- літера Ukrainian
- letra Occitan
- літара Belarusian
- letra Romansh
- lletra Asturian
- letare Friulian
- littra Sicilian
- łétara Venetian
- lether Cornish
- lyther Cornish
- latera Dalmatian
- leitera Old Latin