letters

letters - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈlɛtɚz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɛtəz/

Noun

letters

  1. plural of letter

Noun

letters

  1. Literature (school subject).
    • Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.
  2. The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
    • Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning.

Derived terms

Verb

letters

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of letter

Anagrams

letters - Afrikaans

Noun

letters

  1. plural of letter

letters - Dutch

Noun

letters

  1. Plural form of letter

letters - Middle English

Noun

letters

  1. Alternative form of lettres

letters - Swedish

Noun

letters

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lett.
Meaning and Definition of letters
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