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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ.tʁə d(ə) nɔ.blɛs/ ~ /le.tʁə d(ə) nɔ.blɛs/
Noun
lettre de noblesse f (plural lettres de noblesse)
- letters patent of nobility
- (plural only, figuratively) good reputation
- Synonym: se faire une réputation
- acquérir, obtenir, conquérir ses lettres de noblesse ― to earn one's stripes, to win one's spurs, to build one's reputation
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