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Etymology

Middle English letter, lettre from Old French lettre from Latin littera (“‘letter of the alphabet"; in pl., "epistle’”) from Etruscan from Ancient Greek διφθερᾱ (diphtherā) "tablet". Displaced native Middle English bocstaf, bookstave "letter, alphabetic symbol" (from Old English bōcstæf "alphabetic symbol, written character"), Middle English bocrune, bocroune "letter, written character" (from Old English bōc "book" + rūn "letter, rune"), Middle English writrune, writroune "letter, document" (from Old English writ "letter, epistle" + rūn "letter, rune"), Old English ǣrendbōc "letter, message", Old English ǣrendġewrit "letter, written message".

Pronunciation

Noun

letter (plural letters)

  1. A symbol in an alphabet, bookstave.
    There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
  2. A written message. See also note.
    I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
  3. Literal meaning.
    "Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules." - [1]
  4. (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm)
  5. (Canadian, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm

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Verb

to letter (third-person singular simple present letters, present participle lettering, simple past and past participle lettered)

  1. (transitive) to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  2. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn an athletic or academic letter (award).

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Pronunciation

Noun

letter f. (plural letters or letteren, diminutive lettertje, diminutive plural lettertjes)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

letter

  1. indefinite plural of lett

 

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Q. Perception vs Con-ception: When i wuz (was) of the age 14 i learned that the meaning of the word Alphabet does not mean or implies in any way 26 letters but only two. What would be those two letters and why? The English Alphabet pronounces one letter for what it iz (is) not, even when you perceptionally see the letter for what it should be pronunced yet we do not pronounce it in any English word. Why iz that?
Asked by Doktorzero - Tue Oct 9 23:12:35 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It is the lettter W. It even sounds like another letter. hint hint. alpha beta. alphabet. Greek. Those are the first two letters A and B. Even in Hebrew it is aleph, bet . And W looks like a double V not U. But I think that is because it was not in our original alphabet. The ancient Greeks did not have a U.
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