letton

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/ ~ /le.tɔ̃/
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Noun

letton m (uncountable)

  1. Latvian, the Latvian language
    Certaines reconstructions ont montré que le letton et le lituanien sont les langues encore parlées qui se rapprochent le plus de l’indo-européen.
    Certain reconstructions have shown that Latvian and Lithuanian are the languages still spoken which approach closest to Indo-European.

Adjective

letton (feminine lettonne, masculine plural lettons, feminine plural lettonnes)

  1. Latvian

Usage notes

  • There is a less common feminine singular form lettone, which is recommended by some dictionaries (e.g. Larousse) by analogy with Lettonie.

Derived terms

  • Portuguese: letão

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Further reading

Old English

Verb

letton

  1. plural preterite indicative of lettan