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la lettre
letter
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How do you say lettre in French?
How do you pronounce lettre in French?
lettre is pronounced /la lɛtʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La lettre importante est arrivée ce matin.
The important letter arrived this morning.
J'ai reçu une belle lettre de ma grand-mère hier.
I received a beautiful letter from my grandmother yesterday.
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Why is it feminine?
Lettre is feminine because it derives from the Latin "littera" (feminine), which referred to a single letter of the alphabet or a written character, and this feminine gender was preserved through Old French into modern French. Latin grammatical gender often seems arbitrary to modern speakers, but "littera" was consistently feminine in Latin texts.
What is the French word for letter?
The French word for letter is la lettre — feminine.
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