“lettre”

The following 6 entries include the term lettre.

lettre de cachet

noun

: a letter bearing an official seal and usually authorizing imprisonment without trial of a named person

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avant la lettre

French phrase

: before the letter : before the (specified) word or concept existed

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au pied de la lettre

adverb

: literally

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carte-lettre

noun

: lettercard

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lettre bâtarde

noun

: a Gothic letter with the angles rounded

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lettre de créance

noun

: letter of credence

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