letto

Probably derived from letä, the consonant stem for lentää (“to fly”), as *len(nä)ttö.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈletːo/,
• Rhymes: -etːo
• Hyphenation^(key): let‧to

letto

1. fen, a type of treeless swamp

• lettosuo

• neva
• räme
• suo

• “letto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• letot, telot

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt.to/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtto
• Hyphenation: lèt‧to

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Galician and Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.

letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative (uncommon) lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)

1. (furniture) bed
2. (potamology, hydrology) riverbed

• giaciglio

From Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.

letto (feminine letta, masculine plural letti, feminine plural lette)

1. past participle of leggere (“to read”)

• lotte, tolte