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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
letter / ˈletə(r)/
- noun
- lettre f ( to pour;
from de);
to inform sb by ~ informer qn par lettre;
he receives a lot of ~s il reçoit beaucoup de courrier;
~s to the editor (in newspaper) courrier des lecteurs;
the ~s of Henry James la correspondance de Henry James;
- (of alphabet) lettre f;
(character) caractère m.
- lettre f ( to pour;
- letters npl (literature) belles-lettres fpl;
a man/woman of ~s un homme/une femme de lettres.
IDIOMS:
the ~ of the law la lettre de la loi;
to follow instructions to the ~ suivre des instructions à la lettre.
to follow instructions to the ~ suivre des instructions à la lettre.
letter : letter bomb ~ bomb noun lettre f piégée;
letter box ~ box noun boîte f à lettres;
letterhead ~head noun en-tête m.
letter box ~ box noun boîte f à lettres;
letterhead ~head noun en-tête m.
letter : letter post ~ post noun tarif m lettre;
letter rack ~ rack noun porte-lettres m inv;
letters page ~s page noun (in newspaper) courrier m des lecteurs.
letter rack ~ rack noun porte-lettres m inv;
letters page ~s page noun (in newspaper) courrier m des lecteurs.
'letter' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
a
- acknowledge
- address
- air
- alpha
- another
- answer
- antedate
- apologetic
- application
- attach
- b
- backdate
- bearer
- beg
- best
- block
- business
- c
- call
- cap.
- capital
- care
- cast
- chain
- chatty
- circular
- come
- concern
- condolence
- correspondent
- covering
- d
- date
- dear
- dispatch
- dot
- double
- doubling
- draft
- drop
- due
- e
- enclose
- enclosed
- Esq
- ever
- express
- f
- faithfully
French:
accentuer
- aérogramme
- amour
- bafouille
- billet
- capote
- corbeau
- coupe-papier
- courrier
- créance
- croix
- écrivain
- en
- faire
- fichu
- formule
- insulte
- introduction
- isoler
- lettre
- longtemps
- machine
- majuscule
- mériter
- minuscule
- moindre
- nomination
- objet
- obligatoirement
- personnaliser
- pèse-lettre
- piégé
- pli
- pneumatique
- poser
- pourquoi
- présent
- quand
- quel
- recevoir
- recommandation
- recommandé
- recommencer
- remerciement
- réponse
- rupture
- suite
- tant
- taper
- tarif
letter: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| letter | n | (of the alphabet) | lettre nf |
| The letter C is the third letter of the alphabet. | |||
| La lettre C est la troisième lettre de l'alphabet. | |||
| letter | n | (correspondence) | lettre nf |
| I received a letter from my mother yesterday. | |||
| J'ai reçu une lettre de ma mère hier. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| letter | n | (strict interpretation) | lettre nf |
| lettre nf | |||
| They followed the letter of the law to avoid any problems. | |||
| Ils se conformèrent à la lettre de la loi pour éviter tout problème. | |||
| * J'ai suivi tes instructions à la lettre. | |||
| letter | n | US (school sports award) sport | distinction honorifique nf |
| He got a letter for his play on the basketball team. | |||
| Il a eu une distinction honorifique pour sa performance dans l'équipe de basket. | |||
| letter, letters | npl | UK (qualifications) | traduction non disponible |
| He is highly qualified and has letters after his name. | |||
| letter, letters | npl | (literature) littérature | lettres nfpl |
| She graduated from the College of Arts and Letters. | |||
| Elle a eu son diplôme au Département des Arts et des Lettres. | |||
| letter, letters | npl | dated (being well read) cultivé | lettres nfpl |
| He was a man of letters. | |||
| C'était un homme de lettres. | |||
| letter | vi | (win a sports award) | se voir décerner une distinction honorifique vi |
| He lettered in basketball in high school. | |||
| Il s'est vu décerner une distinction honorifique en basket au lycée. | |||
| Report an error | |||
letter: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| according to the letter | adv | (according to law) | selon la loi adv |
| d'après la loi adv | |||
| D'après la loi, elle est dans son tort. | |||
| air letter | aérogramme nm | ||
| angry letter | n | (letter of complaint) | lettre de réclamation nf |
| lettre de récrimination nf | |||
| begging letter | lettre quémandant de l'argent nf | ||
| black letter | imprimerie caractère gothique | caractère allemand | |
| black-letter | gothique adj | ||
| block letter | lettre majuscule nf | ||
| business letter | n | (business correspondence) | courrier professionnel nm |
| A letter to a friend is different from a more formal business letter. | |||
| capital letter | n | (upper-case letter of alphabet) | majuscule nf |
| Sentences must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. | |||
| It's impolite to use all capital letters when writing an e-mail. | |||
| Un nom propre commence toujours par une majuscule en français. | |||
| imprimerie | capitale nf | ||
| Il est impoli d'écrire un courriel tout en capitales. | |||
| chain letter | lettre | chaîne nf | |
| circular letter | lettre | circulaire nf | |
| circular letter | lettre circulaire | ||
| cover letter | n | US (letter accompanying a document, etc.) | lettre d'accompagnement nf |
| To apply for a job, you generally send a resume and cover letter to the employer. | |||
| Soigne bien la lettre d'accompagnement de ton CV. | |||
| avec un CV | lettre de motivation nf | ||
| J'ai fini d'écrire mon CV, mais par contre, je n'arrive pas à finir ma lettre de motivation. | |||
| covering letter | n | UK (letter accompanying sth) | lettre de motivation nf |
| To apply for a job you must send a CV and a covering letter. | |||
| En général, avec son CV, il faut aussi envoyer une lettre de motivation. | |||
| lettre d'accompagnement nf | |||
| Vous devez toujours envoyer les catalogues avec une lettre d'accompagnement. | |||
| covering letter | US (cover letter) | lettre de motivation nf | |
| En général, avec son CV, il faut aussi envoyer une lettre de motivation. | |||
| dead letter | lettre au rebut nf | ||
| dead letter | lettre morte nf | ||
| dead-letter | lettre morte nf | ||
| dead-letter | lettre au rebut nf | ||
| encyclical letter | lettre encyclique | ||
| express letter | lettre exprès nf | ||
| first letter | familier | sigle nm | |
| form letter | lettre type | ||
| four-letter | à quatre lettres adj | ||
| four-letter word | gros mot nm | ||
| four-letter word | obscénité nf | ||
| lay-off letter | avis de licenciement | ||
| letter box | n | (slot in a door for mail) | boîte aux lettres nf |
| There were 25 Christmas cards in my letter box this morning. | |||
| I'll drop it through your letter box next time I'm passing. | |||
| La boîte aux lettres est trop petite pour contenir un colis. | |||
| boîte à lettres nf | |||
| letter box | n | (postbox, pillar box) | boîte aux lettres nf |
| The letter box in the village is cleared at 6.30 pm. | |||
| La levée de cette boîte aux lettres est à 15 h. | |||
| boîte à lettres nf | |||
| letter of credit | n | (bill of exchange) | lettre de crédit nf |
| letter of introduction | lettre de recommandation nf | ||
| letter paper | papier à lettre | ||
| letter post | tarif lettre nm | ||
| letter writer | écrivain public nm | ||
| letter writer | épistolier nm | ||
| letter writer | n | qui aime écrire des lettres phrase | |
| letter writing | adj | qui aime écrire des lettres phrase | |
| letter-opener | coupe-papier nm | ||
| letter-perfect | parfait adj | ||
| letter, note | lettre | bafouille nf | |
| love letter | n | literal (letter expressing romantic feelings) | lettre d'amour nf |
| He wrote her a love letter every week while he was at war. | |||
| Ça fait un drôle d'effet de retomber des années après sur toutes ces lettres d'amour en ouvrant une vieille boîte à chaussures. | |||
| billet doux nm | |||
| Il lui envoie des billets doux dans lesquels il recopie des poèmes. | |||
| market letter | prospectus | circulaire nf | |
| night letter | n | dated (overnight telegram) | courrier express nm |
| open letter | n | (letter published openly) | lettre ouverte nf |
| She wrote an open letter to the newspaper praising the mayor of the town. | |||
| Il a adressé une lettre ouverte au directeur pour qu'il modifie sa politique. | |||
| pastoral letter | lettre pastorale | ||
| personal letter | n | (intimate correspondence) | lettre personnelle nf |
| The starlette enjoyed receiving personal letters from her many fans. | |||
| In the age of texting and e-mail, the personal letter is in danger of becoming obsolete. | |||
| red-letter day | jour à marquer d'une pierre blanche | ||
| red-letter day | jour exceptionnel | ||
| reference letter | n | (statement in support of a job candidate) | lettre de recommandation nf |
| When my former assistant applied for a better job, she asked me for a reference letter. | |||
| rejection letter | lettre de refus nf | ||
| send a letter to | envoyer une lettre à v | ||
| small letter | minuscule adj | ||
| small-letter | en minuscule | ||
| the letter | la lettre | ||
| to the letter | adv | (literally) | à la lettre loc adv |
| He followed the Mr Gotti's instructions to the letter. | |||
| Elle suivit ses instructions à la lettre. | |||
| write a letter | v | (compose handwritten correspondence) | écrire une lettre loc v |
| Nowadays people are more inclined to email rather than write a letter. | |||
| Elle a écrit une lettre de remerciements à ses bienfaiteurs. | |||
| rédiger un courrier loc v | |||
| J'ai rédigé un courrier à mon assureur pour lui indiquer ma nouvelle adresse. | |||
| Report an error | |||
Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "letter".
"body of the letter"
"Sometimes it's about living life one letter at a time"
4-letter word row
a dead-letter drop
A dear John letter
a letter came from Mr. Smith
a letter of the same content as the fax
Accept this letter as confirmation
Acceptance letter
address/titles in French letter
addressing an important person in a letter
After you have send the letter call us to know that we have received it
Always begin a sentence with a capital letter
Apologizing in a letter or email
as if it were a letter addressed to her
ask or request (in a letter)
asking for a letter of recommendation
At last I find the time to write you a proper letter.
Beginning a letter
Beginning a letter - Bonjour
beginning split letter
best (letter conclusion)
bid letter
Bises / bisous (at the end of a letter - correspondence)
black-letter rule
Blow in a letter
bogus letter
Break-Up Letter
business letter writing
C.I. (at the end of a letter)
Suite...
"Sometimes it's about living life one letter at a time"
4-letter word row
a dead-letter drop
A dear John letter
a letter came from Mr. Smith
a letter of the same content as the fax
Accept this letter as confirmation
Acceptance letter
address/titles in French letter
addressing an important person in a letter
After you have send the letter call us to know that we have received it
Always begin a sentence with a capital letter
Apologizing in a letter or email
as if it were a letter addressed to her
ask or request (in a letter)
asking for a letter of recommendation
At last I find the time to write you a proper letter.
Beginning a letter
Beginning a letter - Bonjour
beginning split letter
best (letter conclusion)
bid letter
Bises / bisous (at the end of a letter - correspondence)
black-letter rule
Blow in a letter
bogus letter
Break-Up Letter
business letter writing
C.I. (at the end of a letter)
Suite...
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