English Dictionary

letter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɛtə(ɹ)/

名詞

複数形 アメリカ英語 不可算名詞 カナダ英語 略語 別表記 短縮語 古風

A symbol in an alphabet. / A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

日本語の意味

アルファベットの文字（記号） / 手紙（書かれた・印刷された通信文）

She learned to write each letter carefully before moving on to words.

彼女は単語に進む前に、それぞれの文字を丁寧に書くことを学んだ。

意味（1）

A symbol in an alphabet.

There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.

意味（2）

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.

意味（3）

The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).

We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.

意味（4）

(plural) Literature.

Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.

意味（5）

(law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.

Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.

意味（6）

(US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).

意味（7）

(Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.

意味（8）

(US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.

意味（9）

(printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.

Under these buildings[…]was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.

letters （ plural ）