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Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
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| bulgaria | буква (búkva), писмо (pismó), книга (kníga) |
| espanja | letra, carácter, carta, al pie de la letra, esquela |
| esperanto | litero, letero |
| hollanti | letter, karakter, letterteken, boekstaaf, brief |
| italia | carattere, lettera dell'alfabeto, lettera, scritto |
| japani | 文字 (moji), 手紙 (tegamí), 文 (bun), じ (ji), 字, 字母 (jibo), もじ (moji), てがみ (tegami), 書簡 (shokan), しんしょ (shinshiョ / shinsho), がんしょ (ganshiョ / gansho), しょじょう (shojō / shiョjiョu), 文書 (bunsho), しょしん (shiョshin / shoshin) |
| kreikka | γράμμα (grámma), επιστολή (epistolí), χαρακτήρας (charaktíras), στοιχείο (stoicheío) |
| latina | littera, epistula, epistola, locātor, tabella |
| latvia | burts, vēstule, grāmata |
| liettua | raidė, laiškas |
| portugali | letra, caractér, carta, ao pé da letra, missiva, à letra |
| puola | litera, list |
| ranska | caractère, lettre, présente, bafouille, pli |
| ruotsi | bokstav, brev, letter, märka, stav |
| saksa | Buchstabe, Brief, Letter, Rune, Schreiben |
| suomi | kirjain, aakkonen, kirje, tekstata, kirjelmä, pokstaavi |
| tanska | bogstav, brev |
| turkki | harf, mektup, ses |
| tšekki | písmeno, dopis, dopisní, psaní, list |
| unkari | betű, levél |
| venäjä | буква (bukva), литера (litera), письмо (pismo), грамота (gramota) |
| viro | täht, kirjatäht, aabe, pookstav, kiri |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- A symbol in an alphabet.
- One who lets, or lets out.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of litter.
- A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
- (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
- (in the plural) Literature.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
- (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
- (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
- (US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.
- (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Verbi
- (transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
- (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
Esimerkit
- There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
- I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
- The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
- We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
- I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
- Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
- Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled - a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
- Under these buildings[...]was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
- the letter of a room
- a blood-letter
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