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lette

See also: Lette, letté, and leťte

Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French letre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /lɛt/

Noun

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lette f (plural lettes)

  1. (Troyen) letter

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɛtə/, [ˈlɛd̥ə]

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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lette c (singular definite letten, plural indefinite letter)

  1. Lett, Latvian (a person from Latvia or of Latvian descent)
Inflection
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Declension of lette
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lette letten letter letterne
genitive lettes lettens letters letternes
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Etymology 2

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From let (“light”) +‎ -e. Cognate with Middle Low German lichten.

Verb

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lette (imperative let, infinitive at lette, present tense letter, past tense lettede, perfect tense er/har lettet)

  1. lighten
  2. relieve
  3. facilitate
  4. ease
  5. lift
  6. take off
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Etymology 3

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See let (“light, easy, mild, slight”).

Adjective

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lette

  1. inflection of let:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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lette

  1. inflection of letten:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Corruption of laide.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lette (plural lettes)

  1. (Canada, slang) ugly
    Je te défends de dire que tu es lette. ― I forbid you to say that you're ugly.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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lette f

  1. plural of letta

Etymology 2

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Participle

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lette f pl

  1. feminine plural of letto

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Verb

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lette

  1. inflection of letten:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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lette

  1. definite singular of lett
  2. plural of lett

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse létta.

Verb

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lette (imperative lett, present tense letter, passive lettes, simple past and past participle letta or lettet, present participle lettende)

  1. to ease, relieve, lessen, lighten
  2. to take off (of a plane, bird)
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Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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lette

  1. simple past of leite
  2. simple past of lete

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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lette

  1. definite singular of lett
  2. plural of lett

Old English

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Verb

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lette

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lettan

Tarantino

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Noun

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lette

  1. bed
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