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French
Pronunciation
Noun
letton m (uncountable)
- 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)
- 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.
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Old English
Verb
letton
- plural preterite indicative of lettan